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Screen printing stencil

US6333137A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Filing dateOct 15, 1998
Grant dateDec 25, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/0388
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A photopolymerizable composition for making screen printing stencils. The composition comprises polyvinyl alcohol having at least one photocrosslinkable group appended thereto. At least one metal salt, wherein the metal is selected from: aluminum, zinc, chromium, zirconium, titanium, tin or iron, is added to the composition. The metal salt is used to improve water resistance of a screen printing image that is prepared from the photopolymerizable composition.

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