US Patent Issued to BIOFOULING TECHNOLOGIES on July 8 for "Formable aquatic coverings for preventing biofouling" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,284, issued on July 8, was assigned to BIOFOULING TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Aberdeen, N.C.).

"Formable aquatic coverings for preventing biofouling" was invented by Fletcher Eyster (Jupiter, Fla.) and Fred Zucker (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant invention describes an anti-biofouling structure for placement onto structures or surfaces that are exposed to aquatic environments. Embedded within the anti-biofouling structure are agents that can diffuse out of the structure and prevent the formation and/or accumulation of plant and animal species build-up that creates biofouling. The instant invention also describes a syst...