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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sudershan K. Bhateja, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
John A. Martens, Dellwood, MN (US);
Kurt F. Feil, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Assignee:
DuPont Operations Worldwide, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/73 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/73 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a flexographic printing plate having a very low degree of thermal distortion during development. This flexographic printing plate comprises a dimensionally stable substrate and an image bearing relief layer, wherein the thermal distortion of the flexographic printing plate in both the machine and the transverse directions is less than 0.02% when the plate is developed at temperatures in the range from about 100° C. to about 180° C.