ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,676, issued on April 21, was assigned to MAFLON SWISS SA (Lugano, Switzerland).
"Compound, use thereof and preparation method" was invented by Francesco Maniero (Milan), Matteo Oliva (Milan), Carlo Pretti (Milan), Elisa Martinelli (Milan) and Giancarlo Galli (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forming an object of the present invention is a compound of general formula (I) as identified in the present description, a use of the compound of general formula (I) as a biofouling reducing agent, as an antifouling agent and/or fouling release agent, and a composition comprising said compound, a cross-linkable polymer, and preferably hydro...