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Laser ablatable photosensitive elements utilized to make flexographic printing plates

US5719009A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 1994
Grant dateFeb 17, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/165
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for making a flexographic printing plate from a flexographic element having an infrared ablatable layer capable of being selectively removed by a laser beam is described.

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