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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. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul R. West, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nicki R. Miller, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jeffrey W. Leon, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 1/26 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to printing plate coating compositions comprising: (a) a carbon pigment dispersible in water; (b) at least one polymer comprising at least one ionomeric polymer subunit; and (c) at least one high molecular weight thickening agent which shows pseudoplastic behavior. The printing plate precursor of this invention is prepared by coating a printing plate substrate with the coating composition.