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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2012
Graeme Dunford, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Colin Dudgeon Anderson, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Graeme Dunford, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Colin Dudgeon Anderson, Tyne and Wear, GB;
AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V., Arnhem, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a waterborne antifouling coating composition comprising (i) a binder polymer, (ii) a pigment and (iii) no biocide or a biocide selected from (a) a copper biocide or a copper biocide in combination with at least one or more co-biocide(s), or (b) a copper-free biocide or a copper-free biocidein combination with at least one or more co-biocide(s), with the proviso that the biocide is not a copper biocide in combination with zinc pyrithione, and wherein the pigment volume concentration of the waterborne antifouling coating composition is greater than 80% and less than 95%.