US Patent Issued to Esko-Graphics Imaging on March 3 for "Method and apparatus for exposure of flexographic printing plates using light emitting diode (LED) radiation sources" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,379, issued on March 3, was assigned to Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH (Itzhoe, Germany).

"Method and apparatus for exposure of flexographic printing plates using light emitting diode (LED) radiation sources" was invented by Jorg Wolterink (Oelixdorf, Germany), Thomas Hansel (Elmshorn, Germany) and Wolfgang Sievers (Kremperheide, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for exposing a printing plate including at least a front source array of LEDs that emits a radiation field incident on the front side of the plate and a back source array of LEDs that emits a radiation field incident on the back side of the plate. A controller ...