ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,977, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fargo, N.D.).

"Amphiphilic siloxane polyurethane coating compositions and methods of making and using thereof" was invented by Dean C. Webster (Fargo, N.D.), Teluka Galhenage (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) and Ryan Burgett (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a curable amphiphilic siloxane polyurethane coating composition. The invention also relates to methods of making and using the curable amphiphilic siloxane polyurethane coating composition of the invention. The invention also relates to methods for reducing or preventing biofouling o...