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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:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary R Miller, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Melanie A Felker, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430331 ; 430493 ;
Abstract
An alkaline developing composition for processing a lithographic printing plate includes an alkali metal silicate, at least 6 weight % of a thickener such as glycerine, and a nonionic fluorosurfactant or a phosphate ester hydrotrope. Lithographic printing plates that can be developed using this composition are either positive- or negative-working, and include both positive- and negative-working thermal plates.