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Erodible ship-bottom paints for control of marine fouling

US4594365A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1984
Grant dateJun 10, 1986
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D157/00
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A novel polymeric binder for use in an antifouling paint includes an acrylic or methacrylic ester monomer having selected substituent groups in the ester moiety so that the ester is hydrolyzable at a suitable rate in seawater, and a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit.

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