ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,444, issued on Oct. 14.
"Protecting surfaces from biofouling species" was invented by James Hamet (Riverside, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to various embodiments, an apparatus includes an adhesive layer disposed on a first side of a porous layer. A plurality of bound wire mesh layers are attached to a second side of the porous layer. One or more pores of the porous layer correspond to one or more air gaps between the bound wire mesh layers and the porous layer. The apparatus further includes a characteristic of a presence of an extent of surface tension at (or throughout) the bound wire mesh layers. Each of the one ...