US Patent Issued to Akzo Nobel Coatings International on March 4 for "Aqueous coating composition, substrate coated with such composition, process for controlling aquatic biofouling using such coating composition" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,995, issued on March 4, was assigned to Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Aqueous coating composition, substrate coated with such composition, process for controlling aquatic biofouling using such coating composition" was invented by James Ferguson (West Boldon, Great Britain) and Alistair Andrew Finnie (Whitley Bay, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates an aqueous coating composition comprising an acrylic polymer dissolved in a liquid phase comprising water and a water-miscible solvent, wherein the coating composition comprises at least 50 wt % water, and wherein the acrylic polymer is...