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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Jens Carlo Benninghoff, Dortmund, DE;
Panagiotis Kotsakis, Athens, GR;
Neil James Parry, Tarporley, GB;
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of treatment of a surface to improve the resistance of the surface to fouling from a photosynthetic species, the method comprising treatment of a surface prone to fouling from a photosynthetic organism with a composition comprising a lactam, wherein the composition comprises from 0.0001 to 5 wt. % of a lactam; and, wherein the surface to be treated is selected from metal, plastic or composites; and to the use of the lactam to inhibit growth of a photosynthetic organism on a surface, wherein the surface to be treated is selected from metal, plastic or composites.