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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:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas E Lewis, East Hampstead, NH (US);
Assignee:
Presstak, Inc., Hudson, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101460 ; 101462 ; 101467 ;
Abstract
The ability to clean ablation-type lithographic printing plates is enhanced by the formation of debris chemically compatible with a desired cleaning fluid. The debris may originate in the ablation layer of the printing member, or in a separate insulating layer disposed above the ablation layer.