ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,225, issued on July 21, was assigned to DataLase Ltd. (Widnes, Great Britain).
"Laser-imageable composition" was invented by Jonathan Snodgrass (Widnes, Great Britain) and Richard Cook (Widnes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a laser-imageable composition comprising an oxyanion of a multivalent metal and an oligomer, wherein the oxyanion of a multivalent metal comprises particles having a D50 particle size distribution of 10 micro metre or less. A method of formulation of the laser-imageable composition and a substrate comprising the laser-imageable composition applied thereto are also di...