Thin-film imaging recording constructions incorporating metallic inorganic layers and optical interference structures
CA 2213875 C · Owner: Lewis, Thomas E. · Inventors: Lewis, Thomas E.; Ellis, Ernest W.
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Constructions useful as lithographic printing plates include metallic inorganic layers exhibiting both hydrophilicity and substantial durability at very thin application levels. These materials ablatively absorb imaging radiation, thereby facilitating direct imaging without chemical development. They can also be used to form optical interference structures which, in addition to providing color likewise absorb imaging radiation and ablate in response to imaging pulses.
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- Filed August 19, 1997 and granted January 14, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 2017.
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