ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,733, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to XSYS PREPRESS N.V. (Ypres, Belgium).

"Apparatus and method for treating a relief plate precursor with improved liquid evacuation" was invented by Bart Marc Luc Wattyn (Dentergem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for treating a relief plate precursor, such as a printing plate precursor, with a liquid, includes a treatment compartment for treating the relief plate precursor with a liquid, and a transport system for use with one or more transport bars. A transport bar thereof is configured to be coupled to a relief plate precursor. The transport system is configured to move the ...