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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1997
Masayasu Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeo Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Masuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
NOF Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coating composition comprising a rosin compound, a polymer containing organosilyl ester groups, and an antifoulant as essential components is disclosed. This rosin-based coating composition gives a coating film which forms no residue layer on the surface thereof over long-term immersion, is hence free from physical defects such as cracks and peeling and capable of maintaining a sufficiently high rate of film erosion and preventing the attachment of marine organisms over a long period of time has satisfactory suitability for recoating, and has the satisfactory ability to prevent marine-organism attachment over the out-fitting period.