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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:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc Van Damme, Heverlee, BE;
Joan Vermeersch, Deinze, BE;
Peter Hendrikx, Hamont-Achel, BE;
Huub Van Aert, Mortsel, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4302701 ; 430303 ; 4302811 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a heat-sensitive non-ablatable wasteless imaging element for providing a lithographic printing plate, having on a support as top layer an image forming layer comprising a heat-switchable binder, characterized in that said image forming layer becomes more hydrophobic under the influence of heat.