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Process for preparing a flexographic printing plate

US7122295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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35Claims

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Christoph Mengel · Mainz, DE
Dietmar Dudek · Langen, DE
Mark A. Hackler · Waretown, US
Anandkumar R. Kannurpatti · Glen Mills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2001
Grant date	Oct 17, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S430/146
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flexographic printing plate is prepared from a photosensitive element having a photopolymerizable elastomeric layer with specific rheological properties. The element is imagewise exposed and thermally treated to form a relief structure suitable for flexographic printing.

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