Patent ID: 9290669
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B63B,C09D

Claim Text:
1. A method of preventing fouling on a marine vessel in an aqueous environment, the method comprising coating the marine vessel with a waterborne antifouling coating composition and submersing the coated marine vessel in the aqueous environment, wherein the waterborne antifouling coating composition comprises i. a binder polymer, ii. a pigment, and iii. no biocide, or a biocide selected from and wherein the pigment volume concentration of the waterborne antifouling coating composition is greater than 80% and less than 95%, and wherein the amount of the binder polymer in the waterborne antifouling coating composition ranges from 0.5 to 3.0 weight %, based on the total weight of all the components in the waterborne antifouling coating composition.