IP Library Granted Patent US 9,568,822
Granted Patent B2
US 9,568,822 · App. 14/889,885 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Lithographic printing plate precursor

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Patent No.
US 9,568,822
App. No.
14/889,885
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support and a coating containing a photopolymerizable layer including a polymerizable compound including: a free radical polymerizable group, and at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I): wherein n represents an integer equal to 0 or 1; L 1 represents a divalent linking group; and * denotes the linking positions to the rest of the structure, with the proviso that the carbonyl groups in Formula (I) are bonded to a carbon atom.

Claims (24)

1. A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising:

a support including a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophilic layer; and

a coating including a photopolymerizable layer; wherein

the photopolymerizable layer includes a polymerizable compound including:

an ethylenically unsaturated group; and

at least one moiety having a structure according to Formula (I):

wherein

n represents an integer equal to 0 or 1;

L 1 represents a divalent linking group;

* denotes linking positions to remaining portions of the structure of the at least one moiety;

the carbonyl groups in Formula (I) are bonded to a carbon atom;

the polymerizable compound is represented by Formula (III):

R 1 and R 2 independently represent a group including an ethylenically unsaturated group; and

L 2 and L 3 independently represent a divalent linking group.

2. The precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable compound is represented by Formula (IV):

wherein

R 3 and R 4 independently represent a terminal group; and

L 4 and L 5 independently represent a divalent linking group.

3. The precursor according to claim 2 , wherein R 3 and R 4 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or cycloalkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group, or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group.

4. The precursor according to claim 2 , wherein L 4 and L 5 represent an optionally substituted alkylene, cycloalkylene, arylene, or heteroarylene, —O—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NH—, —NH—CO—, —NH—CO—O—, —O—CO—NH—, —NH—CO—NH—, —NH—CS—NH—, —CO—NR′—, —NR″—CO—, —NH—CS—NH—, —SO—, —SO 2 —, —SO 2 —NH—, —NH—SO 2 —, —CH═N—, —NH—NH—, —N + (CH 3 ) 2 —, —S—, —S—S—, and/or combinations thereof, wherein R′ and R″ each independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl.

5. The precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the precursor does not include a protective overcoat layer.

6. A method of making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of:

providing a lithographic printing plate precursor according to claim 1 ;

image-wise exposing the precursor with a laser emitting IR-light or violet light; developing the precursor off-press by treating the precursor with a gum solution to remove non-exposed areas of the coating from the support and to develop and gum the precursor in one single step.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2024
From: AGFA OFFSET BV
To: ECO3 BV
Reel/Frame 066206/0663 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: AGFA NV
To: AGFA OFFSET BV
Reel/Frame 060899/0240 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 3, 2018
From: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
To: AGFA NV
Reel/Frame 045742/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2015
From: STEENACKERS, MARIN; LOCCUFIER, JOHAN; VERBRUGGHE, SAM; HEYLEN, KRISTOF
To: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
Reel/Frame 036991/0383 →