US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on June 23 for "Washout processor and washing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,723, issued on June 23, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Washout processor and washing method" was invented by Masato Shirakawa (Haibara-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washout processor and a washing method suppress brush marks and development unevenness. The processor includes a unit that performs development by simultaneously performing circular movement and linear reciprocation of a developing brush on the flexographic printing plate precursor. The circular movement and the linear reciprocation of the developing brush satisfy at least one of conditions (a) or (b). Condition (a) when a stop time when switching ...