Inventor · Fort Collins, CO, US

John E. Walls

59Patents
17h-index
22Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 26, 1974 → Feb 11, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5169897A Binary acetal polymers useful in photosensitive compositions and lithographic printing plates Chemistry; Metallurgy 60 Expired
US4383897A Electrochemically treated metal plates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US4435496A Photopolymer cleavage imaging system Physics 39 Expired
US4399021A Novel electrolytes for electrochemically treated metal plates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5368974A Lithographic printing plates having a hydrophilic barrier layer comprised of a copolymer of vinylphosphonic acid and acrylamide overlying an aluminum support Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US4448647A Electrochemically treated metal plates Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US4452674A Electrolytes for electrochemically treated metal plates Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Expired
US4772538A Water developable lithographic composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4308340A Aqueous 2-propoxyethanol containing processing composition for lithographic printing plates Physics 22 Expired
US5061607A Composition for protecting the surface of lithographic printing plates Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US4652604A Radiation-polymerizable composition and element containing a photopolymer composition Physics 20 Expired
US5316892A Method for developing lithographic printing plates Physics 20 Expired
US5035982A Aqueous developer composition for developing negative working lithographic printing plate Physics 19 Expired
US5275907A Photosensitive compositions and lithographic printing plates containing acid-substituted ternary acetal polymer and copolyester with reduced propensity to blinding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4388156A Aluminum electrolysis in non-aqueous monomeric organic acid Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US5219699A Photosensitive compositions and lithographic printing plates containing acid-substituted ternary acetal polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5262270A Photosensitive compositions and lithographic printing plates containing binary acetal polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6060222A 1Postitve-working imaging composition and element and method of forming positive image with a laser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US4502925A Process for aluminum surface preparation Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US4355096A Process for heating exposed and developed light-sensitive lithographic printing plates with carboxylic acid and amine moiety containing compounds on surface thereof Physics 16 Expired
US4436804A Light-sensitive polymeric diazonium condensates and reproduction compositions and materials therewith Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US4376814A Ceramic deposition on aluminum Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US4381340A Method of treating lithographic printing plates with 2-propoxyethanol Physics 13 Expired
US4665124A Resin Physics 13 Expired
US4351895A Deletion fluid for positive printing plates Physics 12 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.