Patent ID: 9533006
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61K,B63B,C09D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A marine coating composition, comprising: (a) a plurality of nanoparticles, each nanoparticle comprising a plurality of copolymers, wherein each copolymer comprises a zwitterionic component and a hydrophobic component, wherein the zwitterionic component comprises repeating units selected from the group consisting of carboxybetaine, sulfobetaine, phosphobetaine, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the hydrophobic component comprises repeating units produced from hydrophobic monomers; and (b) a solid polymeric matrix, wherein the solid polymeric matrix comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of rosins, polyesters, amino resins, polyurethanes, polyamides, polyimides, epoxy and phenolic resins, alkyd resins, polyphosphazenes, polysiloxanes, fluorinated polymers, and mixtures thereof, wherein the nanoparticles are embedded in the solid polymeric matrix.