US Patent Issued to MacDermid Graphics Solutions on Feb. 10 for "Curing of flexo printing elements using UV LED systems" (Wisconsin, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,957, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MacDermid Graphics Solutions LLC (Waterbury, Conn.).

"Curing of flexo printing elements using UV LED systems" was invented by Ryan W. Vest (Mequon, Wis.), Kyle P. Baldwin (Acworth, Ga.) and Tyler Hatmaker (Dallas, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of exposing a layer of liquid photopolymer resin to actinic radiation from a UV light source to crosslink and cure the layer of liquid photopolymer resin. The liquid photopolymer resin is capable of being selectively crosslinked and cured upon exposure to actinic radiation at a desired wavelength. The exposure unit includes a plurality of UV...