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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. 05, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ludo Van Rompuy, Mortsel, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ; C25D / ; C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
205184 ; 205220 ; 205163 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a method for making lithographic printing plates or a printing cylinder including the steps of applying image-wise a solution of ions of an oleophilic metal with an ink jet on a hydrophilic metallic base and reducing said ions by electroplating in order to obtain an oleophilic metal image.