Patent ID: 6929685

Claim:
Method for preventing settlement of fouling organisms on an aquatic structure, comprising the step of contacting said organisms or the locus thereof with an antifouling effective amount of one or more antifouling compounds of which at least one is an alkylamine derivative of formula (I) or (II) (I) XCH 2 —CHX—(CH 2 ) n —CH 2 —R 1 (II) CH 2 ═CH—(CH 2 ) n —CH 2 —R 1 wherein R 1 represents an isonitrile or isocyanate moiety, or NR 2 R 3 wherein R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or C 1 -C 8 alkyl and R 3 represents C═OR 4 ,C═SR 4 or (CH 2 ) 2 COOR 5 wherein R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or one of the groups OR 5 or NHR 5 wherein R 5 designates aryl or C 1 -C 8 alkyl, each optionally substituted by halogen, n represents a number of methylene from 3 to 13 and each X independently represents H or a halogen.