Patrick Raymond Friedman
Home Inspectors in Bridgewater, NJ

6578485, Jun 17, 2003

Aug 16, 2001

09/930814

Patrick R. Friedman - Bridgewater NJ

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

B41N 104

101454, 101395, 1014631, 428122

A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by an edge protector adhered along at least one edge of the plate substrate, the edge protector being of a flexible material, being coextensive with the edge, having face portions adhered to portions of the opposite faces adjacent the edge, and having an edge portion overlying the edge.

6539865, Apr 1, 2003

Feb 21, 2001

09/791240

Patrick R. Friedman - Bridgewater NJ

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

B41C 110

1014631, 101477, 347264, 226 92

A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by attaching a leader to the leading edge. The leader is sufficiently flexible to be drawn into the printer engine and is adapted to pull the plate substrate through the printer engine.

6739259, May 25, 2004

Jan 31, 2003

10/355598

Patrick R. Friedman - Bridgewater NJ

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

B41N 108

101453, 347105, 347264, 428 58, 428 61

A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by attaching a leader to the leading edge. The leader is sufficiently flexible to be drawn into the printer engine and is adapted to pull the plate substrate through the printer engine.

6821583, Nov 23, 2004

Jul 3, 2002

10/189169

Grant Thomas Donald Shouldice - Rahway NJ
Shashikant Saraiya - Parlin NJ
Jianbing Huang - Trumbell CT
Patrick Friedman - Bridgewater NJ

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

B32B 2730

428 321, 428 3224, 4281951, 428463, 428520, 428522, 427152

The present invention provides an imageable element, which includes: a substrate; a crosslinked layer disposed on the substrate; and an imageable ink-receptive layer disposed on the crosslinked layer, the imageable ink-receptive layer including an ablation free imageable composition. The present invention provides methods of producing the above imaged element.

6376140, Apr 23, 2002

Nov 3, 2000

09/706521

Patrick R. Friedman - Bridgewater NJ
Jian Bing Huang - Wood Ridge NJ
Ken Shimazu - Briarcliff Manor NY
Shashikant Saraiya - Parlin NJ

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

G03G 1326

430 49, 101457, 101467

A printing plate useful in lithographic printing is prepared by the process comprising: (a) applying an alkali soluble composition comprising at least one polymer composition to a hydrophilic surface on a substrate to provide the surface face with at least one layer which is alkali soluble at a pH in the range of about 6. 0 to 14. 0; (b) imaging the coated substrate electrostatically with a toner composition; (c) heating the imaged substrate a first time to a temperature greater than the glass transition temperature of the toner composition; (d) contacting the imaged substrate with an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH in the range of about 6. 0 to about 14. 0; and (e) heating the imaged substrate a second time to a temperature greater than the glass transition temperature of the toner composition. This printing plate is capable of long runs on press with good image quality and advantageously minimizes the occurrence of undesirable background toner “specking” on press. Accordingly, the printing plate is satisfactory for demanding printing tasks such as four-color newspaper printing, financial printing and the like.

6670084, Dec 30, 2003

Feb 5, 2002

10/067388

Patrick R. Friedman - Bridgewater NJ
Dominique LaPorte - Foulayronnes, FR
Patrice Aurenty - Paris, FR

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

G03G 1326

430 49, 101457, 101467, 101470

A printing plate useful in lithographic printing is prepared by a process comprising: (a) applying a coating composition comprising at least one polymer such as polyethylene glycol to a substrate surface to provide the surface with a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer coating; (b) imaging the coated substrate with a toner composition comprising toner particles by imagewise applying the toner composition to the polymer coating, wherein the polymer coating has a softening temperature T ; (c) heating the imaged substrate to a temperature T which is equal to or greater than T ; and (d) contacting the imaged substrate with a solution capable of removing the non-imaged portion of the polymer coating, wherein the process does not comprise a chemical development step and the polymer coating has a coating weight of about 0. 25 to about 2. 0 g/m.

6588340, Jul 8, 2003

Feb 15, 2001

09/783776

Patrick R. Friedman - Bridgewater NJ

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

B41C 110

101467, 21912169, 21912184

A method of producing a printing plate comprises: (a) providing a printing plate precursor comprising a topmost etchable first layer and a second layer located below the first layer, wherein the first and second layers have different affinities for at least one printing liquid; (b) imagewise providing atomized fluid particles in an interaction zone located above the surface of the first layer; and (c) imagewise directing laser energy into the interaction zone, wherein the laser energy has a wavelength which is substantially absorbed by the atomized fluid particles in the interaction zone, and the absorption of the laser energy causes the atomized fluid particles to imagewise impart kinetic energy to and etch the first layer. Lithographic and flexographic printing plates may be prepared according to this method, including waterless plates, negative-and positive-working plates, and processless plates.

6675710, Jan 13, 2004

Dec 21, 2001

10/034676

Patrick Friedman - Bridgewater NJ
Dominique LaPotre - Foulayronnes, FR

Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC - Norwalk CT

G03G 1328

1014631, 101470, 430 49

A method of preparing an imaged element useful in lithographic printing comprises: (a) electrostatically imaging at least one surface of a substrate with a toner composition; (b) heating the imaged substrate a first time using non-contact heating to a first substrate temperature T ; and (c) heating the imaged substrate a second time to a substrate temperature T , wherein the method does not comprise a development step between steps (b) and (c). This method is used to obtain an imaged element with adequate fuser toning while avoiding substrate buckling and distortion.