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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
May. 16, 2005
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Anthony P. Kitson, Evans, CO (US);
Kevin B. Ray, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Anthony P. Kitson, Evans, CO (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Thermally imageable multilayer imageable elements useful as lithographic printing plate precursors that have good solvent resistance are disclosed. The underlayer of the imageable element comprises an acidic copolymer that comprises, in polymerized form, about 10 mol % to about 75 mol % of one or more monomers of the formula:CH═CH(R)-Z-X—NH—CO—NH—CH—(R)(COH);in which: Ris H or CH; Ris H or OH; Z is —CH— or —C(O) —Y—; Y is —O— or —NH—; and X is selected from —C(CH)—, —CH(CH)— and —(CH)—, in which n is an integer from 1 to 12.