Patents Assigned to Archimede R&D S.R.L.
  • Method for preventing and controlling biofouling on marine objects
    Patent number: 8557267
    Abstract: A method for preventing and controlling the formation of biofouling on an object that is immersed or partially immersed in a water environment in which there is one or more organic or inorganic compounds capable of releasing gas, comprising the step of applying to the surface of the object a composition comprising a polymeric resin and one or more enzymes or a paint or a coating and one or more enzymes, wherein the one or more enzymes are adapted to catalyze a reaction of the one or more compounds that leads to the formation of gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Archimede R&D S.R.L.
    Inventors: Alejandro Hochkoeppler, Lucio Panizza, Elena Roda, Alessandra Stefan