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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422840 | Apparatus and process for forming a printing form having a cylindrical support The invention pertains to an apparatus and a process for forming a printing form from a photosensitive element having a cylindrical support, and in particular, to an apparatus and a process for thermally treating the photosensitive element to form a relief pattern a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419775 | Micro-particle dispersion having hydrophobic protective colloid and method of manufacture thereof, photosensitive emulsion and method of manufacturing thereof, and silver salt photohermographic dry imaging material utilizing the same A method of manufacturing a micro-particle dispersion having a hydrophobic protective colloid comprising the steps of: (a) dispensing micro-particles in a hydrophilic dispersant to form a hydrophilic micro-particle dispersion having the hydrophilic dispersant as a p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7384732 | Method of manufacturing a photothermographic material by aqueous coating and a photothermographic material prepared therewith The invention provides a method of manufacturing a photothermographic material excellent in coating stability with less haze in images, wherein the photothermographic material has, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7323285 | Extruded slipping layer for thermal donor A thermal donor element having a dye layer on an extruded substrate, wherein the extruded substrate includes a polyester-containing material and a slip agent, but does not contain silica particles, is disclosed. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314706 | Photothermographic material and manufacturing method A photothermographic material containing an image forming layer having at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, and a reducing agent for the organic silver salt on one side of a support, and a first non-photosensitive layer ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7294450 | Chemical amplification-type resist composition and production process thereof A production process of a chemical amplification-type resist composition, which is a process for producing a chemical amplification-type composition comprising: (A) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; (B) a resin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264915 | Manufacturing method for donor film with improved surface roughness A manufacturing method using an additional heat-treatment process for a donor film with improved surface roughness. The improved donor film, used in a laser induced thermal imaging method, is capable of enhancing the lifetime of products and reducing the defect rate... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7223514 | Method of fabricating donor substrate and method of fabricating OLED using the donor substrate A method of fabricating a donor substrate and a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display (OLED) using the donor substrate. The method of fabricating the donor substrate includes preparing a base substrate that includes at least one transfer region and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7205093 | Topcoats for use in immersion lithography A method of forming a top coat layer and a topcoat material for use in immersion lithography. A topcoat layer is formed on a photoresist layer from an aqueous solution that is immiscible with the photoresist layer. The topcoat layer is then rendered insoluble in neu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195865 | Method and apparatus for preparing grains of silver salt of organic and method for producing thermally processed image recording material Disclosed are a method for preparing grains of silver salt of an organic acid by reacting a solution containing silver ions and a solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, in which the reaction is performed in sealed mixing means and which compris... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192680 | Method of coating a multilayered element This invention relates to a method of coating multiple layers on a support comprising a) taking a support; b) simultaneously coating on said support a chill settable layer and a non-chill settable layer; ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175967 | Heat treatment of multilayer imageable elements Positive-working imageable elements are prepared by providing a first layer and second layers onto a substrate. Both layers include the same or different radiation absorbing compounds dispersed within different polymeric binders. After both layers are dried, they ar... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7157218 | Photothermographic material A photothermographic material contains a support having thereon an image forming layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, and a non-photosensitive outermost layer on a side of the suppo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153626 | Method of forming dye donor element Methods of forming a dye donor layer of a dye-donor element for a thermal dye transfer system are described. The methods include coating colored particles in a compressed carrier fluid on the substrate of the dye-donor element. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144695 | Photothermographic material The invention relates to a photothermographic material, comprising a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder on a same surface of a support, wherein the non-photosensitive organic silver salt is the non-... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7067243 | Method for preparation of a photothermographic material with increased photosensitivity A process for preparing a photothermographic material with increased photosensitivity, the photothermographic material comprising a support and a photo-addressable thermally developable element, exclusive of a compound R—S(M)n wherein R is an aliphatic ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6982141 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A GaAs substrate 200 is rotated, a photosensitive silicone resist 260 is applied on a surface of the GaAs substrate 200 on which an aperture of a hole 310 to be a via hole, and an inside of the hole 310 to be the via hole is filled... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6911300 | Photogravure plate making method There is provided a photogravure plate making method capable of performing a quite superior photogravure plate making operation while it has a requisite and sufficient developing latitude under non-heating condition after forming a coating film and while applying a ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6900000 | Organic polymeric antireflective coatings deposited by chemical vapor deposition An improved method for applying organic antireflective coatings to substrate surfaces and the resulting precursor structures are provided. Broadly, the methods comprise chemical vapor depositing (CVD) an antireflective compound on the substrate surface. In one embod... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6894104 | Anti-reflective coatings and dual damascene fill compositions comprising styrene-allyl alcohol copolymers New anti-reflective or fill compositions having improved flow properties are provided. The compositions comprise a styrene-allyl alcohol polymer and preferably at least one other polymer (e.g., cellulosic polymers) in addition to the styrene-allyl alcohol polymer. T... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6861203 | Non-permanent inkjetted flexographic mask A method for making a printing plate is disclosed comprising mounting a printing plate to a holder; applying a non-permanent patterned coating to an outer surface of the printing plate by moving a coating applicator relative to the holder; and, exposing the printing... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6844129 | Heat-developable photosensitive material, and method of producing the same The present invention provides a heat-developable photosensitive material having a substrate, an undercoat layer and photosensitive layer containing silver behenate in this order, wherein an adhesive roll having an adhesive force of at least 35 hPa is brought into c... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6821720 | Method of producing thermal-developable photosensitive material A method of producing a thermal-developable photosensitive material is provided, which prevents mixing of materials between layers to ensure that the coating surface is in a good condition. In this method, liquids for forming a photosensitive layer, an intermediate ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6811964 | Method and apparatus for producing coating liquid for photothermographic material A coating liquid for photothermographic materials excellent in photographing performance with high sensitivity and reduced fogging and having satisfactory surface conditions is produced. A silver halide particle feeding solution is added and mixed in a mother liquid... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6777163 | Process for forming a photosensitive element having a layer of particulate material The invention relates to a process and apparatus for forming a photopolymerizable element useful as a flexographic printing plate having at least one layer of particulate material. The process includes forming a layer of a molten photopolymerizable material onto a s... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6749992 | Printing plate A printing plate for computer-to plate lithography having a laser-ablatable member supported by a substrate. At least one portion of the laser-ablatable member is formed form an acrylic polymer containing laser-sensitive particles. The laser-sensitive particles abso... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746831 | Thermally developable imaging materials with barrier layer containing a cellulose ether polymer Thermographic and photothermographic materials comprise a barrier layer to provide physical protection and to prevent migration of diffusible imaging components and by-products resulting from high temperature imaging and/or development The barrier layer comprises 15... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6730461 | Thermally developable imaging materials with reduced mottle providing improved image uniformity A photothermographic material that comprises a support having thereon one or more thermally-developable imaging layers comprising a binder and in reactive association, a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, and a reduci... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6699640 | Method of making lithographic printing plate by inkjet printing A direct-to-plate method for obtaining a high quality lithographic printing plate is disclosed. The method comprises the application of a continuous layer of a radiation sensitive solution onto a lithographic substrate by means of an ink-jet printhead. He... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6692886 | Method for manufacturing a lithographic printing plate An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum printing plate which is superior in fine line reproduction and has no occurrence of spot-like defect in the silver image part. According to the present invention, a me... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6649320 | Donor sheet for thin-film formation, process for production thereof and organic electroluminescent device A process for producing a donor sheet for a thin-film formation comprising: while transporting a sheet on which a light-to-heat conversion layer has already been formed, forming a transfer layer on the light-to-heat conversion layer and drying the transfe... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6645704 | Annealing of color photothermographic imaging elements for improved stability The present invention is related to a method of making a color photothermographic element such as a capture film intended to be developed to yield an image by the application of heat, preferably without the addition of processing solutions. In particular,... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6620576 | Methods of making structures from photosensitive coatings having profile heights exceeding fifteen microns A method for fabricating a structure on a substrate with a low contrast photoresist having a height greater than 15 microns is provided. A uniformly thick film of photoresist is achieved on a substrate by spinning the substrate at two different speeds, th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6613502 | Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer on a transparent support, wherein the transparent sup... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6610464 | Process for patterning a membrane A process for patterning a non-rigid membrane in a closed gap environment including the optional step of applying a solvent to the non-rigid membrane, applying a layer of an energy-sensitive composition to the non-rigid membrane, spinning the non-rigid me... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6593076 | Photothermographic material and image forming method A photothermographica material is disclosed, comprising an organic silver salt and a light sensitive silver halide, wherein the photothermographic material contains a hydrophilic binder of 0.5 to 2 g per mol of the organic silver salt and the organic silv... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6586171 | Method for drying coating film in manufacture of thermal-developable light-sensitive material Since a coating film is cured to some extent by the gelation of the coating film in the chilling-zone process and the first-stage drying in the PAC drying process, then, it is fully dried by the second-stage drying in the HAC drying process, liquid scatte... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6566032 | In-situ method for making OLED devices that are moisture or oxygen-sensitive An in-situ method for fabricating, at least in part, an OLED device that is moisture- or oxygen-sensitive, such method comprising the steps of: providing into a controlled atmosphere coater a receiver element which will form part of the OLED device; provi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6558877 | Jet coating method for semiconductor processing A system and method is disclosed for coating a conventional wafer or a spherical shaped semiconductor substrate with liquid material such as photoresist by utilizing a "drop on demand" piezo driven dispense nozzle, a bubble-jet dispense nozzle, or a conti... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6558895 | Photothermographic recording materials with improved stability A process for preparing monosheet black and white photothermographic recording material, the photothermographic recording material being exclusive of a dye-providing compound and comprising a support and a photo-addressable thermally developable element, ... | 05/06/2003 |
