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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:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Teruki Takayasu, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Showa Co., Ltd., Nara, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/501 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/501 ;
Abstract
An antifouling member comprising a highly corrosion-resistant metal comprising titanium, zirconium, tantalum, niobium, or an alloy based on any of these metals and, deposited thereon, a coating layer of silver or a silver alloy so as to have a bonding strength as high as at least 0.2 MPa. The member can be prevented from marine organisms attaching thereto.