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A method of preparing an anti-fouling coating, the method including the steps of soaking polymeric gel beads in the presence of a solution including a solvent and a biocide to swell the gel beads and absorb both the solvent and the biocide therein, evaporating the solvent, rinsing any biocide of the surface of the beads, and mixing the beads in a coating material. APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES LETTERS PATENT n Be it known that we, Harris Gold, residing at 18 Peachtree Road, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 and being a citizen of the United States of America; Rhonda D. Levy, residing at 53 Ash Street, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748 and being a citizen of the United States; Marina Temchenko, residing at 15 Sherwood Road, Swampscott, Mass. 01907 and being a citizen of the United States; Thomas H.E. Mendum residing at 102 Glenwood Road, No. 1, Somerville, Mass. 02145 and being a citizen of the United States; Toyoichi Tanaka, deceased; Takashi Enoki, residing at ______and being a citizen of Japan; and Guoquiang Wang, 63 Creeley Road, Belmont, Mass. 02478 and being a citizen of China have invented a certain new and useful |