ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,819, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOBO MC Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing recycled developer and method for producing flexographic printing plate using same" was invented by Keiichi Motoi (Okayama, Japan) and Daiki Yoshioka (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for producing a recycled developer from a waste developer generated by development of a water-developable flexographic printing original plate that has a photosensitive resin layer made from a photosensitive resin composition containing a water-dispersible resin. The method includes: leaving the waste developer to stand still in...