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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Lee W. Tutt, Webster, NY (US);

Mitchell S. Burberry, Webster, NY (US);

Dennis R. Perchak, Penfield, NY (US);

Kam C. NG, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lee W. Tutt, Webster, NY (US);

Mitchell S. Burberry, Webster, NY (US);

Dennis R. Perchak, Penfield, NY (US);

Kam C. Ng, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Preparing a flexographic member () includes providing a digital image and calculating a relief image based on the digital image. At least one stress-sensitive boundary region () adjacent to at least one image feature is identified and the relief image is created on the flexographic member. The depth () of at least a portion of a floor region () adjacent the at least one image feature is increased to provide a modified floor region.


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