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Erodible ship-bottom paints for control of marine fouling

US4687792A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 1985
Grant dateAug 18, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2005

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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 substituted aryl or arylalkyl 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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