Patent ID: 7045560

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 monobasic acid has a diterpenoid hydrocarbon skeleton or a salt thereof, and wherein the monobasic acid is selected from the group consisting of rosins, hydrogenated rosins and disproportionated rosins.