Patent ID: 7670416
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: A01N,C09D

Abstract:
1. A method of preventing marine biofouling of a substrate by a marine biofouling organism, comprising applying a protective coating composition to the substrate, said coating composition containing a) a substance that affects nerve signaling in cyprid barnacles comprising medetomidine, and b) an algal inhibitory substance selected from the group consisting of 2-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-cyano-4-bromo-5-trifluoromethyl pyrrole, Zinc, bis(1-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinethionato-O,S)—, (T-4)-), N-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)-N′,N′-dimethyl-N-p-tolylsulfamide, and 4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone.