Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900558 | Radiation-curable polymerizable composition, ink composition, inkjet recording method, printed material, planographic printing plate, and method for forming planographic printing plate The invention provides a radiation-curable polymerizable composition of the invention having (a) a hindered amine compound having no nucleophilic moiety in a molecule, (b) a photo-acid generating agent and (c) a cationic polymerizable monomer. The invention further ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7806050 | Ink composition, inkjet recording method, method of producing planographic printing plate, and planographic printing plate The invention provides an ink composition which includes a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, a colorant, and a high molecular compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I). In formula (I), n represents an integer of from... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7262229 | Ink for excimer curing A lithographic ink composition that comprises a colorant having absorbency wavelength cutoffs of about 300 nm or longer, acrylate-functional materials, and a photoinitiator that absorbs at a wavelength of 300 nm or longer is formulated with a mileage of from about 1... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7223444 | Particle deposition apparatus and methods for forming nanostructures A fast method of creating nanostructures comprising the steps of forming one or more electrically-charged regions (5) of predetermined shape on a surface (1) of a first material, by contacting the regions with a stamp for transferring electric charge, ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7183041 | Printing plate in the form of a roller and method for obtaining same The invention concerns a printing plate in the form of a roller and a method for obtaining same. Said method consists in producing on a first layer, at least a photopolymer film and in coiling said layers on themselves to form a roller. The invention is applicable i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7121209 | Digital semiconductor based printing system and method The print engine is composed of a semiconductor memory layer overlaid on an insulated conductive layer with a one to one correspondence of each memory cell with the conductive pad on the insulated layer. The entire structure can be fashioned into a either a planar s... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7059246 | Process for obtaining image information of an illustrated printing form, device for this and printing press A process is provided for obtaining or refreshing the illustration of a printing form, preferably in wet-offset printing. Instead of clearing the illustration over the entire area, the printing form is acted on during the production. For this, a processing agent can... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6951173 | Assembly and method for transferring imprint lithography templates Disclosed is a template transfer assembly and method that features a template transfer substrate, and a template having first and second sides, with the first side facing away from the template transfer substrate and the second side facing the template transfer subs... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6919152 | High resolution overlay alignment systems for imprint lithography A system of determining and correcting alignment during imprint lithography process is described. During an imprint lithographic process the template may be aligned with the substrate by the use of alignment marks disposed on both the template and substrate. The ali... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6866985 | Method for producing a printing plate, in particular for letterpress printing and a printing plate for letterpress printing With the method according to the invention for producing a printing plate, in particular for flexoprinting, a layer of a curable elastomer is applied to a carrier (15) with a cylindrical surface area (26), subsequently the elastomer layer is cured to a... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6805054 | Method, system and holder for transferring templates during imprint lithography processes Disclosed are a method, system and holder for transferring templates during imprint lithography processes. To that end, a method for handling a template, having a patterned mold thereon, in an imprint lithography system having a motion stage with a chucking device c... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6698951 | Paper jam detection system for folding machine A paper jam detection system for a folding machine includes an interval signal generator for generating an interval signal which assumes ON and OFF levels alternately according to cutting intervals of a cutting cylinder; a signature detection mechanism in... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6601512 | Method of feeding dampening water in a printing machine A method of feeding dampening water includes a density measuring step for measuring densities of first and second detecting patches 101 and 102 printed adjacent each other on printed matter 100 and presenting a difference in density variations after print... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6534234 | Package of photosensitive planographic printing plates and photosensitive planographic printing plate A package of photosensitive planographic printing plates which comprises a stack of the photosensitive planographic printing plates between each of which a protection paper is interposed, wherein the coefficient of static friction between the surface of t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6497989 | Method of manufacturing a planographic printing plate A planographic printing plate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided in which a deterioration in quality and performance of the planographic printing plate due to coating defects caused by foreign matter adhering to a support can be prevented. Th... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6455222 | Lithographic printing plate precursor A heat mode type lithographic printing plate precursor which can be directly mounted on a printing press without development processing after scanning exposure for a short time to conduct plate-making, has excellent press life and also gives few print sta... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6425325 | Offset printing method and offset printing apparatus An offset printing method comprises the steps of: a process for suspending a sheet-shaped or belt-shaped blanket by supporting both ends thereof at the leading and trailing ends thereof in the printing direction; and a process for performing ink reception... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6387588 | Plate material for printing method based on wettability change There is provided a plate material for printing method based on wettability change. The plate material is comprised of a substrate and a recording layer including at least two polymers having a first polymer and a second polymer surrounding the first poly... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6284352 | Ferrofluidic electric paper A low cost, reusable electric paper that uses ferrofluidic colored fluids and an external magnetic writing instrument. The paper can be formed from laminated rolls of polymeric media that are roller die cut, inked, aligned, bonded and cut to an appropriat... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6112664 | Plate making apparatus with a cutter and punch mechanism formed in one piece A plate making apparatus of a flexible plate material 13,22 being placed on a plate cylinder 7 for executing planographic printing in multiple colors. The plate making apparatus has a cutter 23 being placed between a storage section 21 of a roll-like plat... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5747220 | Light sensitive planographic printing plate having particular deposited particles and process for producing the same A light sensitive planographic printing plate have deposited particles on a sensitive layer, each of the said deposited particles comprising a protuberant or bulging portion and a substantially flat base portion spreading around the said protuberant or bu... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5723204 | Two-sided electrical paper Two sided electric paper that can be written onto on both sides by having a layer of conductive material between two sheets of electric paper. The electric paper is made of small balls encased in a liquid so that they are free to rotate, and then suspende... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5723535 | Pastes for the coating of substrates, methods for manufacturing them and their use The present invention relates to pastes for the coating of substrates, consisting of powdery materials present in liquid dispersion from the group of the metals, metal compounds and/or metal alloys and/or boron and/or carbon, methods for manufacturing the... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5191834 | Printing system with printing form having a ferro-electric layer To provide an electrically controllable printing form, on which the printing image is retained even upon repeated application of printing toner or printing ink formed of toner suspended in a carrier liquid, the printing form (10) has a surface layer (12) ... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5188033 | Direct-to-press imaging system for use in lithographic printing A direct-to-press imaging system for use in lithographic printing wherein a master-image printing cylinder is used with separate application of ink and water onto its surface to enable repetitive conveyance of image-formatted ink films onto substrates for... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5178064 | Thermal regulator for a printing form laid about a printing form cylinder for anaqueous offset printing In order to create a thermal regulator for a printing form (2) for anaqueous offset printing, a blast box (3) is provided for the blowing of the printing form (2) with tempered air, in which fans (4) and a cooler (5) are mounted, which is supplied from ou... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5000092 | Printing processes Printing ink vehicles including an emulsion of a mineral oil, preferably a light mineral oil; a significant amount of water; and an emulsifying agent including an amine or alkali metal salt of an oxidized hydrocarbon wax. Printing inks incorporating the v... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4833990 | Printing press for modifying hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas of a printing image carrier For modifying the printing image on a printing image carrier within a printing press the printing image carrier is in the form of a material with ferroelectric properties. Electrodes with or without heat sources are used to delete and write matter on the ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4589920 | Ink composition utilized in lithographic printing and a lithographic printing process Use of an ink composition containing an organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrophilic group can bring about such a lithographic printing using a dampening solution as the non-image area is hardly stained, the image area is given a sufficient density,... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4576686 | Process for producing aluminum support for lithographic printing plates A process for producing an aluminum support for a lithographic printing plate is described, comprising a step of electrolytically graining the surface of an aluminum plate in an aqueous solution of electrolyte comprising hydrochloric acid and nitric acid ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4545866 | Process for producing support for planographic printing A process for producing a support for planographic printing is described, which comprises electrochemically graining the surface of an aluminum plate with an electrolytic solution containing from 1,000 to 40,000 ppm of nitric acid, from 50 to 4,000 ppm of... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4416968 | Preparation of a printing master by toning a photopolymer film with magnetic toner A dry-printing process which employs a photopolymer film and two toners, one for generating a master and a second for image transfer.... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4396468 | Three phase graining of aluminum substrates A method for the production of aluminum substrates useful in the production of lithographic printing plates which comprises simultaneously electrochemically graining both sides of an aluminum sheet in an electrolyte employing three phase alternating curre... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4129073 | Duplicator machine with means for applying to the copies different markings A duplicator machine is operative for making copies of originals, printing forms, and the like, in whole-page, paragraphwise and sectionwise modes of operation. The copies made are intended for different uses and or destinations, for example for handling ... | 12/12/1978 |