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Waterbone photoresists having associate thickeners

US5364737A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1994
Grant dateNov 15, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/111
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A waterborne photoimageable composition or photoresist comprises a latex binder polymer having sufficient carboxylic acid functionality to render it developable in alkaline aqueous solution, a photopolymerizeable monomer fraction, a photoinitiator and a polyether polyurethane associate thickener which supports an emulsion of the monomer fraction in aqueous medium. The carboxylic acid functionality of the latex binder polymer is neutralized at from 0 to about 20%.

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