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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2019
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Christopher M. Hoffman, Jr., Odenton, MD (US);
Adam W. Freeman, Laurel, MD (US);
Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Odenton, MD (US);
James K. Johnson, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Felix C. Sage, Ijamsville, MD (US);
Spencer A. Langevin, Columbia, MD (US);
Reid E. Messersmith, Jessup, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 5/16 (2006.01); C09D 171/02 (2006.01); C09D 133/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 5/1662 (2013.01); C09D 5/1687 (2013.01); C09D 5/1693 (2013.01); C09D 133/066 (2013.01); C09D 171/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An anti-fouling coating comprising a polymeric compound, wherein a backbone of the polymeric compound is covalently bonded to a quorum sensing inhibitor, and wherein the anti-fouling coating has substantially no bactericidal activity, the quorum sensing inhibitor is substantially non-leaching from the anti-fouling coating, or both.