US Patent Issued to Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University on Sept. 23 for "Method of manufacturing antifouling coating polymer using initiated chemical vapor deposition" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,399, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Method of manufacturing antifouling coating polymer using initiated chemical vapor deposition" was invented by Jae Bok Kwak (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Chang Hoon Kim (Yeosu-si, South Korea) and Jeong Heon Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an antifouling coating layer is disclosed. The method includes depositing a fluorine-based monomer, a crosslinking agent, and an initiator on a substrate by putting them into an iCVD chamber. The fluorine-based monomer i...