US Patent Issued to Esko-Graphics Imaging on Feb. 10 for "Printing plate exposure method and apparatus with reduced thermal polymerization" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,077, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH (Itzehoe, Germany).

"Printing plate exposure method and apparatus with reduced thermal polymerization" was invented by Jorg Wolterink (Oelixdorf, Germany), Thomas Hansel (Elmshorn, Germany), Christian Greve (Itzehoe, Germany), Frank Grewling (Breitenberg, Germany) and Karsten Stubbe-Thierer (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for curing a photopolymer printing plates. A radiation source, such as an UV LED source having a radiation-emitting lateral dimension in a range 10-60 cm, is spaced from a substrate that holds the printing plate. The source...