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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7435524 | Permanent, removable tissue markings The present invention provides microparticles that create permanent tissue markings, such as tattoos, designed in advance for change and/or removal on demand, as well as methods for implanting the microparticles in tissue and changing and/or removing the resulting m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435532 | Lithographic printing plate precursor A lithographic printing plate precursor having a good press life with a practical energy amount, which can be on-press developed without passing through a development processing step after recording an image by a laser of emitting an infrared ray, is provided, which... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7425402 | Heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor A heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed which comprises a hydrophilic support and an oleophilic coating comprising an infrared absorbing agent and a developer soluble polymer which comprises a phenolic monomeric unit wherein the phenyl gr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7416835 | Polymerizable composition A polymerizable composition comprising: (A) a compound which causes at least one of decarboxylation and dehydration by heat; (B) a radical initiator; (C) a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond; and (D) an infrared ray absorber. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7381517 | Curable composition and image forming material containing the same A curable composition comprising: (A) an infrared absorber which is a cyanine dye having a structure in which hetero rings are bonded to each other via a methine chain and which has at least one substituent having a structure selected from the group consisting of an... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374863 | Polymerizable composition A polymerizable composition comprising: (A) a non-acrylic binder polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond on a side chain; (B) a neutrally charged compound capable of generating a radical under light or heat; and (C) a compound having an ethylenically unsatu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371504 | Lithographic printing plate precursor A lithographic printing plate precursor capable of forming an image upon irradiation with an infrared laser comprising a support, a first layer containing as the main component an alkali-soluble resin and a second layer containing as the main component an alkali-sol... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368217 | Multilayer image, particularly a multicolor image The invention relates to a process for the production of a multi-layer image, preferably a multi-color image. A transfer film which is applied to a paper ubstrate and which is treated with laser irradiation is used. The transfer film has a laser-sensitive layer and ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361444 | Multilayered resist systems using tuned polymer films as underlayers and methods of fabrication thereof Disclosed are multilayered resist structures including bilayer and top surface imaging which utilize tuned underlayers functioning as ARCs, planarizing layers, and etch resistant hard masks whose properties such as optical, chemical and physical properties are tailo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358032 | Planographic printing plate precursor A planographic printing plate precursor includes a support having disposed thereon a recording layer containing a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin, a development inhibitor and an infrared absorber and exhibiting enhanced solubility in an aqueous alkali solut... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354696 | 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... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348126 | Negative working, heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor A negative-working 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 absorbing agent, a first layer comprising an aqueous dispersion... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341821 | Method for manufacture of lithographic printing plate precursor no dampening water A method for manufacturing a lithographic printing plate precursor requiring no dampening water including: a support, a light-to heat conversion layer; and a silicone rubber layer in this order. The method includes: subjecting a surface of the support to a corona di... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338748 | Polymerizable composition and planographic printing plate precursor The present invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor including on a support a photosensitive layer that contains a polymerizable composition containing a specific binder polymer having a repeating unit of formula (I), an infrared absorbent, a polym... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332257 | Composition for optical film, and optical film A composition for an optical film comprising a stabilized cyanine dye and a quencher compound, wherein the stabilized cyanine dye comprises a cation and a quencher anion, and the cation is selected from the group consisting of compounds of the following formulae (I)... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326517 | Planographic printing plate material and preparing process of planographic printing plate A photosensitive composition containing: (A) a sensitizing dye; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; (c) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; and (D) a polymer binder, wherein the photopolymerization initiator exhibits a reaction rate c... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323288 | Layers in printing plates, printing plates and method of use of printing plates A radiation-sensitive medium comprises hydrophilic polymer particles, the particles comprising a thermally softenable hydrophobic polymer, a hydrophilic polymer and a bonding compound capable of chemically bonding to the hydrophobic polymer and to the hydrophilic po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7306898 | Planographic printing method and planographic printing plate precursor used therein A planographic printing method including: providing a planographic printing plate precursor including a substrate and an image recording layer which is disposed on the substrate and contains (A) an infrared absorber, (B) a polymerization initiator and (C) a polymeri... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300694 | Multilayer body with a first laser-sensitive layer and a second laser-sensitive layer and method for generation of a multilayer image in said multilayer body Described is a multi-layer body having two laser-sensitive layers 4, 32. The multi-layer body is a body laminated from the overlay films 30, 32, the inlets 90, 90 and the further overlay films 30, 30. At its underside the upper overlay fi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297465 | Heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor According to the present invention there is provided a positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor which comprises on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, an oleophilic coating comprising an infrared absorb... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7291440 | Bakeable multi-layer imageable element Thermally imageable multilayer imageable elements useful as lithographic printing plate precursors that have good solvent resistance are disclosed. The underlayer of the imageable element comprises an acidic copolymer that comprises, in polymerized form, about 10 mo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291443 | Polymerizable composition and image-recording material using the same A polymerizable composition contains (A) a dye which is soluble in an organic solvent and in an alkaline aqueous solution and has an absorption in 700 to 1200 nm, (B) a radical polymerization initiator, (C) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (D... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7285364 | Permanent, removable tissue markings The present invention provides microparticles that create permanent tissue markings, such as tattoos, designed in advance for change and/or removal on demand, as well as methods for implanting the microparticles in tissue and changing and/or removing the resulting m... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282321 | Lithographic printing method and presensitized plate Disclosed is a presensitized plate composed of a support having thereon an image recording layer which includes: an infrared absorber (A) that is a cyanine dye having at least one fused ring composed of a nitrogen-containing hetero... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279264 | Dyes and use thereof in thermal imaging members and methods There are described novel fluorescein dye compounds and imaging members and imaging methods utilizing the compounds. The fluorescein dye compounds exhibit a first color when in the crystalline form and a second color, different from the first color, when in the liqu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279266 | Photosensitive composition and lithographic printing plate precursor using the same A photosensitive composition comprising: (A) a polymerizable compound represented by the following formula (I): A—{O—[(CH(—R1)CH(—R2))m—O]n—C(═O)—C(—R3 | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276325 | Electrode-forming composition for field emission type of display device, and method using such a composition A composition utilized in and a method for forming an electrode used in field emission type of display devices said composition is a photosensitive copper conductive composition comprising: a mixture of (a) copper powder at least 70 wt % out of 100 wt % copper powde... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273692 | Planographic printing plate material and planographic printing plate preparing process Disclosed are a planographic printing plate material and a planographic printing plate preparing process, the planographic printing plate material comprising a support and provided thereon, an image formation layer containing a colorant (a) having an absorption band... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270938 | Photopolymerizable composition, light sensitive planographic printing plate material and manufacturing method of planographic printing plate Disclosed is a photopolymerizable composition containing an addition-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a polymer binder, and a sensitizing dye represented by the following formula (A), | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261998 | Imageable element with solvent-resistant polymeric binder 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 capable of generating radicals sufficient t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258956 | Printing plates comprising modified pigment products The present invention discloses printing plates comprising a substrate and a radiation-absorptive layer, wherein the radiation-absorptive layer comprises at least one modified pigment product. The modified pigment product comprises a pigment having attached at least... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
