Patent Document ID: 8142987
Application ID: 11081018
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of making a relief image, the method comprising: (a) providing a film comprising an imageable material disposed on a carrier sheet, the imageable material comprising an infrared absorber; (b) forming a mask image on the carrier sheet by producing exposed and non-exposed areas of the imageable material by exposing the imageable material to infrared radiation and removing the resulting exposed areas of the imageable material; (c) placing the mask image on the carrier sheet in proximity with a photosensitive material and transferring the mask image to the photosensitive material that is sensitive to a curing radiation such that the imageable material adheres more to the photosensitive material than to the carrier sheet; (d) exposing the photosensitive material to the curing radiation through the mask image to form an imaged article, wherein the mask image is substantially opaque to the curing radiation; and (e) developing the imaged article to form the relief image.