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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernest Ellis, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Presstek, Inc., Hudson, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N / ; B41N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430302 ; 101456 ;
Abstract
Lithographic printing members include a traditional flood-exposed photopolymer layer applied to one or more layers based on certain metallic inorganic materials. The metallic inorganic material overlies a substrate, which is preferably a relatively thick metal for dimensional stability and strength, but may also be a polymeric or other material. An intermediate tying layer may anchor the metallic inorganic material to the substrate. The plate is exposed and developed in the conventional manner, with the portions of the metallic inorganic layer exposed by development serving as a hydrophilic printing surface (that is, a surface accepting fountain solution).