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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Jianbing Huang, Trumbull, CT (US);
Heidi M. Munnelly, Windsor, CO (US);
Shashikant Saraiya, Fort Collins, CO (US);
S. Peter Pappas, Midland, TX (US);
Jianbing Huang, Trumbull, CT (US);
Heidi M. Munnelly, Windsor, CO (US);
Shashikant Saraiya, Fort Collins, CO (US);
S. Peter Pappas, Midland, TX (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a polymerizable coating composition suitable for the manufacture of printing plates, which may be developable on-press. The coating composition comprises (i) a polymerizable compound and (ii) a polymeric binder comprising polyethylene oxide segments, wherein the polymeric binder is selected from the group consisting of at least one graft copolymer comprising a main chain polymer and polyethylene oxide side chains, a block copolymer having at least one polyethylene oxide block and at least one non-polyethylene oxide block, and a combination thereof. The invention is also directed to an imageable element comprising a substrate and the polymerizable coating composition.