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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:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernest W. Ellis, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Presstek, Inc., Hudson, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41C 1/10 ;
Abstract
Lithographic printing is performed with printing members having a hydrophilic-surfaced metal support and a polymeric layer thereover. The polymeric layer absorbs imaging radiation and is soluble in a liquid to which ink will not adhere (e.g., fountain solution). Ordinarily, the polymeric layer is mostly removable by fountain solution. In response to absorbed imaging radiation, however, it may become permanently bound to the metal support so as to resist removal, serving as an ink-carrying oleophilic layer during printing.