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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7977039 | Rinse treatment method, developing treatment method and developing apparatus In the present invention, in a rinse treatment method of cleaning a substrate after an exposed pattern thereon has been subjected to developing treatment, the following steps are performed such as supplying pure water onto the substrate to clean the substrate with t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7883840 | Developing method and method for fabricating semiconductor device using the developing method In a developing method, a developer is supplied onto a resist film provided on a substrate, made of a resist and having an upper surface on which design patterns having different mask opening ratios are exposed and a development reaction is caused to proceed on the ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7498124 | Sacrificial surfactanated pre-wet for defect reduction in a semiconductor photolithography developing process A method and apparatus for developing a resist on a substrate in which a sacrificial surfactant-containing liquid is first applied to a resist as a pretreatment to reduce developing process defects and to improve the development process time and the uniformity of th... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7442492 | Planographic printing plate precursor The present invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor having a support, a photosensitive layer and a protective layer. The photosensitive layer contains at least an infrared absorbing agent, a polymerization initiating agent, a polymerizable compoun... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442493 | Lithographic printing method A printing method comprising: imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and an image recording layer being removable with a fountain solution or a combination of a printing ink and a fountain solution and loading the exposed lit... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427465 | On-press development of high speed laser sensitive lithographic printing plates A method of on-press developing a laser sensitive lithographic printing plate with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of ha... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425400 | Planographic printing plate precursor A planographic printing plate precursor, including: a substrate; a photosensitive layer containing an IR absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound and a binder polymer; and a protective layer containing a UV absorber, disposed in this order. The... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425405 | Method for making a lithographic printing plate A method for making a lithographic printing plate is disclosed which comprises the steps of: (i) providing a negative-working, heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422835 | Imaging element having improved durability The invention provides an imaging element comprising a support having thereon, in order, at least one imaging layer, at least one interlayer containing a lubricant which provides scratch-resistance and at least one outermost layer containing a different lubricant wh... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419766 | Flexographic printing plate precursor and imaging method A laser imageable flexographic printing plate precursor comprises a thermoset elastomeric upper layer that is at least partially ablatable and comprises a radiation sensitive compound, and a non-ablatable elastomeric underlayer. This flexographic printing plate prec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7399575 | Laminated photosensitive relief printing original plate and method for producing the relief printing plate A relief printing original plate including a substrate, a photosensitive resin layer thereon that is photosensitive to ultraviolet radiations, and a mask layer thereon having both ultraviolet and non-ultraviolet absorbability, the ultraviolet absorbability being dea... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7358034 | Method of processing on-press developable lithographic printing plate A method of deactivating and on-press developing an exposed lithographic printing plate is disclosed. The plate comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer developable with ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening upon exposure to a radiation. The p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348132 | Laser sensitive lithographic printing plate having specific photopolymer composition High speed violet or ultraviolet laser sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising on a hydrophilic substrate a specific photosensitive composition is described. The photosensitive layer comprises a polymeric binder, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341791 | Photo-crosslinkable multi-coating system having improved gas barrier properties The present invention relates to a multi-coating system with gas-barrier properties which is able to undergo photo-crosslinking by means of UV radiation and is particularly suitable for the external protection of containers made of thermoplastic polymers, such as bo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318994 | Compressible flexographic printing plate construction The present invention relates to an improved compressible flexographic printing plate that uses a compressible layer comprising a polyurethane (meth)acrylate resin and microspheres. The process of the invention produces a chemically fused printing plate that elimina... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316891 | Method of developing a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor with a gum solution A method of making a lithographic printing plate is disclosed which comprises the steps of providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312022 | Method of forming color image A method of forming color image, comprising processing a silver halide color photosensitive material with a development processing solution containing a color developing agent, the silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a support and, superimposed th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309565 | Process for treating photothermographic dry imaging material Disclosed is an image forming process having the steps of exposing by an exposure device a photothermographic dry imaging material with a support having thereon an image forming layer containing photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent for silver ions, a binde... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300740 | Lithographic printing plate precursor and lithographic printing method A lithographic printing plate precursor capable of forming an image without alkali development, comprising a hydrophilic support and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizable layer, wherein the photopolymerizable layer or other layer included in the lithographic printing... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297462 | Heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor A heat sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed comprising on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a coating comprising an infrared light absorbing agent and a copolymer which comprises a plurality... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7288361 | Lithographic printing process A lithographic printing process which comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to infrared light a presensitized lithographic plate which comprises a hydrophilic support and a removable image-forming layer containing an infrared absorbing agent having the absorpti... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270933 | Organic anti-reflective coating composition and method for forming photoresist pattern using the same An organic anti-reflective coating composition and a method for forming a photoresist pattern using the same in order to improve uniformity of the pattern in an ultra-fine pattern formation process of the photoresist. In one aspect, organic anti-reflective coating c... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263240 | Method, system, and software for improving signal quality using pyramidal decomposition A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A base signal is recursively decomposed for a desired number of pyramid levels. The decomposed signal from the lowest level is modified to generate a preprocessed signal. The preproc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244543 | Lithographic printing starting plate A positive-working lithographic printing starting plate for an infrared laser is provided that includes a support having a hydrophilic surface and a heat-sensitive layer provided above the support. The heat-sensitive layer includes a water-insoluble and alkali-solub... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238462 | Undercoating material for wiring, embedded material, and wiring formation method This invention provides an undercoating layer material and a filler material containing a resin component having at least a substituent group which is capable of releasing a terminal group to form a sulfonic acid residue upon application of predetermined energy, and... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235518 | Fabric care compositions comprising hueing dye Fabric conditioning compositions comprising a fabric care active and a hueing dye, wherein the hueing dye exhibits a hueing efficiency of at least about 20 according to the Hueing Efficiency Test method; and a Wash Removal Value from about 50% to about 98%, are usef... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235346 | Photosensitive, flexo printing element and method for the production of newspaper flexo printing plates The present invention relates to a photosensitive flexographic printing element for the production of flexographic newspaper printing plates, comprising at least a flexible, metallic support, an adhesive layer applied thereto, a photopolymerizable layer which can be... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229744 | Method for preparing lithographic printing plates A method for preparing lithographic printing plates is disclosed. Imaged positive-working, thermally imageable, multi-layer imageable elements useful as lithographic printing plate precursors are developed using solvent based developers. Development may be carried o... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7205094 | Coating fluid for printing plates and method of making a printing plate A coating fluid for printing plates which can be suitably used to make printing plates that permit images to be written in response to input digital data and that can be easily regenerated and reused. This coating fluid for printing plates comprises at least a carri... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205087 | Solvents and photoresist compositions for 193 nm imaging New photoresists are provided that are suitable for short wavelength imaging, including sub-200 nm, particularly 193 nm. Resists of the invention comprise a polymer that is preferably substantially free of aromatic moieties and comprises photoacid-labile repeat unit... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198883 | Processless lithographic printing plate A positive-working, heat-sensitive material for making a lithographic printing plate by direct-to-plate recording is disclosed. The material comprises a hydrophobized grained and anodized aluminum support and a layer comprising a compound capable of converting light... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198876 | Method of preparation of lithographic printing plates A method for preparation of a lithographic printing plate, which comprises the steps of: imagewise recording on a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface and a thermosensitive layer, the thermosensitive layer comprisin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192691 | Method of manufacturing light sensitive planographic printing plates and method of using the same A method of manufacturing a light sensitive planographic printing plate which has an image forming layer containing (A) a coloring material having an absorption in a wavelength range of 700 nm through 1200 nm and (B) a radical generator on a support and is exposed b... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189494 | On-press developable imageable element comprising a tetraarylborate salt The present invention provides an imageable element including a lithographic substrate and an imageable layer disposed on the substrate. The imageable layer includes a radically polymerizable component, an initiator system, and a polymeric binder. The imageable elem... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175964 | Printing plate material and its developing process Disclosed is a manufacturing process of a printing plate material comprising a boehmite treated aluminum support, and provided thereon, an image formation layer containing water soluble resins or water dispersible resins, the process comprising the steps of surface ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163617 | Chemical proportioning and dispensing systems Chemical proportioning and dispensing systems discussed herein include systems for producing a desired admixture ratio of a first fluid and one or more other fluids. The systems may include one, two, or three eductors with each eductor including one or two suction i... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159511 | Method of manufacturing print belts A manufacturing line for manufacturing a print belt comprising a support-forming strip and a photopolymerized resin forming printing characters, the line comprises spreader means adapted to spread the resin on the strip, photopolymerizer means adapted to solidify th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153627 | Heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate and image forming method A negative-working CTP plate which is superior in resolution and printing resistance of the image area of a press plate is provided, which is obtained by forming a latent image on a heat-sensitive layer in a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising a su... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150962 | Method for forming images and silver halide color photographic photosensitive material A method for forming images on a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having a substrate and photographic structural layers thereon, including at least three silver halide color photosensitive layers having different photosensitive regions, respe... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147986 | Resist compounds including acid labile groups attached to polymeric chains at anhydride linkages A compound including a polymeric chain, and an acid labile group attached to the polymeric chain at an anhydride linkage is disclosed. Compositions including the compound, and methods of using the compositions are also disclosed. ... | 12/12/2006 |
