ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,924, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hripa EHF (Selfoss, Iceland).
"Environmentally benign antifouling coating" was invented by Hreggvidur Davidsson (Selfoss, Iceland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to environmentally benign coatings that can prevent fouling of submerged structures and surfaces in the marine environment. The coating is essentially a grease composition composed of an organic acids salt, mineral oil, a solvent and alkaline silicate. The sulfonate thickener is an oil soluble dispersing agent selected from a plurality of organic acids in a form of alkali metal salt or alkaline earth me...