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Polymers and their use in imagable products and image-forming methods

US6506533B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Kodak Polychrome Graphics Company Ltd. · US

Inventors

Eduard Kottmair · Ebenhausen, DE
Hans-Horst Glatt · Munich, DE
Stefan Hilgart · Munich, DE
Paul R. West · Arena, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2000
Grant date	Jan 14, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41C2210/262
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Infra-red absorbing polymers useful in imageable products and the lithographic printing field comprise infra-red absorbing groups carried as pendent groups on a polymer backbone. Certain infra-red absorbing groups may also act to insolublize the polymer in a developer, until it is imagewise exposed to infra-red radiation. The resulting heat renders the polymer soluble in the developer. Imagable products employing the infra-red absorbing polymers may include positive working lithographic printing plates.

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