Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Faegre & Bneson, LLP
  • Stabilized imageable coating composition and printing plate precursor
    Patent number: 6762223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to printing plate coating compositions comprising: (a) a carbon pigment dispersible in water; (b) at least one polymer comprising at least one ionomeric polymer subunit; and (c) at least one high molecular weight thickening agent which shows pseudoplastic behavior. The printing plate precursor of this invention is prepared by coating a printing plate substrate with the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. West, Nicki R. Miller, Jeffrey W. Leon