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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
My T Nguyen, Cliffwood, NJ (US);
Shashikant Saraiya, Parlin, NJ (US);
Frederic E Mikell, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Ken-ichi Shimazu, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
S Peter Pappas, Wood-Ridge, NJ (US);
Robert W Hallman, Palisades Park, NJ (US);
Ajay Shah, Livingston, NJ (US);
Hans-Joachim Timpe, Osterode, DE;
Celin Savariar-Hauck, Badenhausen, DE;
Kodak Polychrome Graphics, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Radiation-sensitive compositions, printing plates containing such compositions, imageable by infrared and ultraviolet/visible radiation and imaging method using same. The compositions comprise a thermal-activated acid generator; a crosslinking resin; a binder resin comprising a polymer containing reactive pendant groups selected from hydroxy, carboxylic acid, sulfonamide, and alkoxymethylamides; an infrared absorber; and optionally a UV/visible radiation-activated acid generator for UV/visible sensitization.