Patent ID: 7390843

Claim:
An antifouling coating which comprises a metal-containing acrylic resin having, in a side chain thereof, at least one group represented by the following formula (1): wherein X represents a group of the formula: n represents 0 or 1; Y represents a hydrocarbon group; M represents a metal; m represents an integer equal to the valence number of metal M-1; A represents an organic acid residue derived from a monobasic acid, with 5 to 100 mole % of said organic acid residue derived from a monobasic acid being the residue of a cyclic organic acid, wherein the cyclic organic acid is naphthenic acid having an acid value of 120 to 190 mg KOH/g; and wherein said antifouling coating has a volatile organic compound (VOC) content of not more than 400 g/L.