B41C 1/055
Thermographic processes for producing printing formes
Official title: Thermographic processes for producing printing formes {, e.g. with a thermal print head}(B41C1/02 takes precedence; {fabrication of relief or intaglio plates by ablative recording with a laser beam B41C1/05; production of lithographic forms B41C1/10; producing of screen printing forms or stencils B41C1/14})
B41C1/055 (Thermographic processes for producing printing formes) appears on 59 US grants and 52 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41C- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 52
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 129
- Latest grant
- 8 Aug 2023
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Method for thermally developing relief precursors8 Aug 2023US 11,718,085 B2Flint Group Germany GmbH
- System for thermal development of flexographic printing plates10 May 2022US 11,325,369 B2MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC
- Seal surface carving apparatus22 Jan 2019US 10,183,480 B2Shachihata Inc.
- Device and method for the in-line production of flexographic printing plates10 Apr 2018US 9,937,703 B2Flint Group Germany GmbH
- Printing plate manufacturing apparatus and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a data generating program and a control program for a printing plate manufacturing apparatus6 Feb 2018US 9,884,477 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Printing form precursor and printing form thereof5 Oct 2023US 2023/0311473 A1Dupont Electronics, Inc.
- System for Thermal Development of Flexographic Printing Plates27 Jan 2022US 2022/0024198 A1MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC
- Platemaking apparatus and platemaking method13 Jan 2022US 2022/0009220 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- High-resolution flexographic printing plate with improved barrier layer and adhesion modulating layer and means for its production10 Jun 2021US 2021/0173307 A1Folex AG
- Printing plate precursor and printing plate precursor laminate25 Jun 2020US 2020/0198389 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Printing method146US 4,718,340 AMilliken Research Corporation · 1988
- Printing method79US 4,729,310 AMilliken Research Corporation · 1988
- Process for making a flexographic printing plate and a photosensitive element for use in the process31US 6,773,859 B2E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 2004
- Method and apparatus for providing erasable relief images24US 6,092,465 AUnited Container Machinery, Inc. · 2000
- Method for making a flexographic printing plate from a flexographic printing element having a powder layer22US 5,888,701 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1999