US 12,082,584 B2
BOC-butenolide, an antifouling compound that has potent ability to inhibit the settlement of marine invertebrate larvae
Peiyuan Qian, Hong Kong (CN); Ho Yin Chiang, Hong Kong (CN); and Jinping Cheng, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (CN); and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou (CN)
Filed by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (CN); and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou (CN)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,536.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,001, filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295795 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A01N 47/12 (2006.01); A01N 25/10 (2006.01); A01P 15/00 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 47/12 (2013.01) [A01N 25/10 (2013.01); A01P 15/00 (2021.08); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61L 2300/216 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
 
1. A method for enhancing the performance and/or longevity of an object or surface, said method comprising contacting or applying an effective amount of a composition comprising BOC-butenolide according to formula (I) to a surface and/or an object:

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9. A composition, comprising BOC butanolide according to Formula (I):

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and at least one coating component wherein the coating component is a Poly(ε-caprolactone)-based polymer, according to formula (II):

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wherein n is about 1 to about 10 and m is about 1 to about 10.