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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
Yasuhiro Asawa, Goyoda, JP;
Yasuhiro Ishizuka, Tatebayashi, JP;
Eiji Hayakawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
S. Peter Pappas, Midland, TX (US);
Yasuhiro Asawa, Goyoda, JP;
Yasuhiro Ishizuka, Tatebayashi, JP;
Eiji Hayakawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
S. Peter Pappas, Midland, TX (US);
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a two-layer imageable element, including: a substrate, a top layer including a first thermally imageable composition including (a) a first thermally sensitive supramolecular polymer or (b) a thermally imageable composition free of the first thermally sensitive supramolecular polymer; and disposed between the substrate and the top layer, a bottom layer including a second thermally imageable composition, which includes a second thermally sensitive supramolecular polymer. The present invention also includes a method of producing the imaged element.