Patents by Inventor Terry Yeates

Terry Yeates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Antifouling coatings
    Patent number: 6627675
    Abstract: An antifouling coating composition comprises a binder which is a salt of an amine containing at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 25 carbon atoms and an addition copolymer of an olefinically unsaturated sulphonic acid, acid sulphate ester, phosphonic acid or acid phosphate ester and at least one olefinically unsaturated comonomer. The coating composition includes an ingredient having biocidal properties for aquatic organisms. The amine is preferably an amine having two aliphatic hydrocarbon groups each having 8 to 25 carbon atoms and the copolymer contains at least 5 mole % of units of an organocyclic ester or amide (A) of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid. The organocyclic ester or amide (A) is preferably an isobornyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: International Coatings Limited
    Inventors: Alistair Andrew Finnie, Andrianus Antonius Johannes Van Geel, Ian Stuart Millichamp, Gerardus Cornelis Overbeek, Terry Yeates