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| 8178283 | Method of treating rinsing wastewater from developing apparatus for photosensitive lithographic printing plate, method of development, and developing apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method for treatment of a washing waste liquid, which enhances the flocculation effect and also enhances filtration characteristics of a flocculated washing waste liquid in a flocculation treatment of a washi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173355 | Gradient colored mask The invention relates to a process for forming a structure comprising: (a) providing a transparent support; (b) forming a color mask having a selected absorption spectral range wherein the color mask has an effectively transparent portion and a partially absorptive ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168546 | Method for selective deposition and devices A chemical vapor deposition method such as an atomic-layer-deposition method for forming a patterned thin film includes applying a deposition inhibitor material to a substrate. The deposition inhibitor material is a hydrophilic polymer that is has in its backbone, s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163465 | Ablatable elements for making flexographic printing plates Flexographic printing plates and other relief images can be formed from a laser-ablatable element having a laser-ablatable layer that is from about 300 to about 4,000 μm in thickness. The laser-ablatable layer includes a film-forming material that is a laser-laser-... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158140 | Silver polyamide composite A polymer composite comprising a thermoplastic polyamide polymer compounded with an organo-disulfide additive and a silver-based antimicrobial agent is disclosed. The organo-disulfide additive inhibits undesirable discoloration of the thermoplastic polyamide polymer... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153529 | Method for selective deposition and devices A chemical vapor deposition method such as an atomic-layer-deposition method for forming a patterned thin film includes applying a deposition inhibitor material to a substrate. The deposition inhibitor material is a hydrophilic polymer that is a neutralized acid hav... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153352 | Multicolored mask process for making display circuitry A process for forming a pixel circuit is disclosed comprising: (a) providing a transparent support; (b) forming a multicolor mask having at least four different color patterns; (c) forming integrated electronic components of the pixel circuit having at least four la... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153347 | Flexographic element and method of imaging A relief (or flexographic) printing precursor has first and second radiation-sensitive layers, or a plurality of radiation-sensitive layers. The first radiation-sensitive layer is sensitive to a first imaging radiation having a first λmax. The second rad... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142987 | Method of producing a relief image for printing The present invention involves a method for making a relief image. A film that includes a carrier sheet and an imageable material is used to form a mask image that is opaque to a curing radiation. In one embodiment, the mask image is formed on the carrier sheet whil... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137896 | Method of preparing lithographic printing plates A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor can be imaged with infrared radiation and processed in a single step using a single processing solution having a pH of from about 3 to 11. The precursor has a primary polymeric binder that comprises recurring ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134591 | Display using bidirectionally scanned linear modulator A method for forming a stereoscopic image forms separate left-eye and right-eye images in a repeated cycle that forms the left-eye image by providing data for lines of the left-eye image, ordered in sequence from a first to a second edge of an image frame, then form... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129098 | Colored mask combined with selective area deposition The invention relates to a process for forming a structure comprising (a) providing a transparent support; (b) forming a color mask on a first side of the transparent support; (c) applying a first layer comprising a deposition inhibitor material that is sensitive to... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124328 | Methods for imaging and processing positive-working imageable elements An imaged and developed element, such as a lithographic printing plate, is provided by infrared radiation imaging of a positive-working imagable element having inner and outer imagable layers. One or both layers contain a polymeric binder having pendant 1H-tetrazole... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119331 | Photopolymer composition usable for lithographic plates Radiation-sensitive element comprising a substrate and a radiation-sensitive coating comprising (a) at least one component selected from photoinitiators and sensitizer/coinitiator systems which absorbs radiation of a wavelength in the range of 250 to 1,200 nm; (b) a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119328 | Imaging element and method using differential light scattering An imaging element is used to provide images based on the difference in index of refraction caused by imaging actinic radiation. Imaging provides desired results by the creation or elimination of light scattering in a two-phase imaging medium in which at least one p... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119326 | Lithographic-printing plate precursor and image forming method using the same To provide an infrared-sensitive or heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor which has high printing durability and wide development latitude, and also has good developing properties capable of preventing the formation of deposits during the development.... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110628 | Preparation of porous particles with multiple markers Porous particles are prepared using a first water-in-oil emulsion comprising a first marker material in a first aqueous phase that is dispersed in a first oil phase containing a polymer and a first organic solvent, and a second water-in-oil emulsion comprising a sec... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8092985 | Method of making a planographic printing plate The invention relates to a method of making a planographic printing plate comprising a substrate having thereon one or more layers of a radiation-sensitive metal oxide, sulfide or nitride and excluding an organic hydrophobic material or a binder within or above a ra... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088549 | Radiation-sensitive elements with developability-enhancing compounds Positive-working imageable elements can be imaged and developed to prepare imaged elements such as lithographic printing plates. The imageable elements including an imageable layer that has one or more alkaline soluble polymeric binders and a developability-enhancin... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084189 | Method of imaging and developing positive-working imageable elements A method of making imaged elements such as lithographic printing plates is achieved by imagewise exposing an infrared radiation-sensitive positive-working imageable element to provide exposed and non-exposed regions. The imaged element is developed using a single pr... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084182 | On-press developable elements and methods of use A negative-working imageable element has an imageable layer that includes an infrared radiation absorbing dye that upon exposure to thermal irradiation, changes from colorless to a visible color or from one visible color to another visible color, providing a ΔE of ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083947 | Polymer-containing solvent purifying process Polymer-containing solution can be purified and the solvent reused by subjecting the solution to microfiltration using tubular filters having an average pore diameter of less than 1 μm and a filtration pressure of at least 0.35 MPa. This method is particularly usef... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076052 | Positive-working imageable elements with chemical resistance Single- and multi-layer positive-working imageable elements include a first polymeric binder that is soluble in an alkaline developer upon exposure to imaging radiation and a radiation absorbing compound. The first polymeric binder comprises a backbone to which are ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062827 | Multilayer positive-working imageable elements and their use Positive-working imageable elements can be used to prepare lithographic printing plates. These elements have at least two layers (inner and outer) arranged on a suitable substrate. The inner layer that is closer to the substrate includes one or more polymeric binder... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062615 | Production of silver sulfate grains using carboxylic acid additives An aqueous precipitation process for the preparation of particles comprising primarily silver sulfate, comprising reacting an aqueous soluble silver salt and an aqueous soluble source of inorganic sulfate ion in an agitated precipitation reactor vessel and precipita... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053162 | Substrate and imageable element with hydrophilic interlayer A substrate useful for forming lithographic printing plate precursors includes a metal or polymer support and an interlayer comprising a trialkoxysilyl polyethylene glycol acrylate having the following Structure (I): wherei... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048609 | Radiation-sensitive compositions and elements containing poly(vinyl hydroxyaryl carboxylic acid ester)s A radiation-sensitive composition can be used to prepare positive-working imageable elements having improved sensitivity and solvent resistance. These elements are useful for making lithographic printing plates and printed circuit boards. The composition includes a ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043787 | Negative-working imageable elements with improved abrasion resistance Negative-working imageable elements are prepared with radiation-sensitive imageable layers that contain surface-modified silica particles such as fumed silica particles and sol-gel silica particles, that are present in an amount of from about 1 to about 40 weight %,... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034540 | System and method employing secondary back exposure of flexographic plate A method of making a relief image on a flexographic print plate including imagewise exposing a mask including an imageable material disposed on a mask substrate to form an imaged mask having a mask image in the imageable material disposed on the mask substrate, the ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030212 | Process for selective area deposition of inorganic materials An atomic-layer-deposition process for forming a patterned thin film comprising providing a substrate, applying a deposition inhibitor material to the substrate, wherein the deposition inhibitor material is an organic compound or polymer; and patterning the depositi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026041 | Imageable elements useful for waterless printing A non-ablative negative-working imageable element has first and second polymeric layers under a crosslinked silicone rubber layer. These elements can be used in a simple method to provide lithographic printing plates useful for waterless printing (no fountain soluti... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017183 | Organosiloxane materials for selective area deposition of inorganic materials An atomic-layer-deposition process for forming a patterned thin film comprising providing a substrate, applying a deposition inhibitor material to the substrate, wherein the deposition inhibitor material is an organosiloxane compound; and patterning the deposition i... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7998878 | Method for selective deposition and devices A chemical vapor deposition method such as an atomic-layer-deposition method for forming a patterned thin film includes applying a deposition inhibitor material to a substrate. The deposition inhibitor material is a hydrophilic polymer that is soluble in an aqueous ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998665 | Color intermediate motion picture film Silver halide photographic elements that are color intermediate motion picture films have at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion that includes a green sensitizing dye that is a cyanine dye having two oxazole groups in the molecule, and another green sen... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993559 | Method of making thermal imaging elements A method of co-extrusion is used to prepare a thermal imaging element such as a thermal dye receiver element. In this method, two or three of an image receiving layer, an antistatic tie layer, and a compliant layer are co-extruded and these co-extruded multiple laye... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989536 | Exfoliated nanocomposites and articles containing same A polymeric nanocomposite comprises a non-polar hyperbranched polystyrene resin. An exfoliated or intercalated onium functionalized clay is dispersed within the resin. Such nanocomposites are more compatible with non-polar polymer matrices used in various articles o... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981719 | N,N′-di(arylalkyl)-substituted naphthalene-based tetracarboxylic diimide compounds as n-type semiconductor materials for thin film transistors A thin film transistor comprises a layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a tetracarboxylic diimide naphthalene-based compound having, attached to each of the imide nitrogen atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl moiety. Such transistors can fur... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972898 | Process for making doped zinc oxide The present invention relates to a process of making a zinc-oxide-based thin film semiconductor, for use in a transistor, comprising thin film deposition onto a substrate comprising providing a plurality of gaseous materials comprising first, second, and third gaseo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7955779 | Radiation-sensitive compositions and elements with solvent resistant poly(vinyl acetal)s A radiation-sensitive composition can be used to prepare positive-working imageable elements having improved solvent resistance and is useful for making lithographic printing plates. The composition includes an alkaline soluble polymeric binder that is a specific po... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951526 | Modified silica particles, and photosensitive composition and photosensitive lithographic printing plate each containing the particles Adhesion between a photosensitive layer and a substrate after the exposure of a photosensitive lithographic printing plate containing the photosensitive layer and substrate is achicbed by incorporating modified silica particles into the photosensitive layer. The sur... | 05/31/2011 |
