B41C 2210/02
Positive working, i.e. the exposed areas are removed
Official title: Positive working, i.e. the exposed (imaged) areas are removed
B41C2210/02 (Positive working, i.e. the exposed areas are removed) appears on 514 US grants and 474 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41C- Granted patents
- 514
- Published applications
- 474
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 582
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Method for laser-discharge imaging a printing plate135US 5,351,617 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Radiation-sensitive compositions and printing plates125US 5,919,601 AKodak Polychrome Graphics LLC · 1999
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