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Claim 1

AN ANTIFOULING COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTIFOULING TOXIC AND A MATRIX, SAID MATRIX BEING FORMED BY INTIMETELY MIXING 5 TO 70 PARTS OF A PLASTICIZER WITH 100 PARTS OF A RESIN, SAID RESIN BEING PRODUCED BY BLENDING 1 PART OF A POLYMER WITH FROM 1.5 TO 7 PARTS OF A FILM FORMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ROSIN, YACCA GUM, HYDROGENATED ROSIN, ABIETIC ACID, THE RESINOUS ADDUCT TO MALEIC ANHYDRIDE AND A MONOCYLIC TERPENE POSSESSING THE P-CYMENE SKELETON, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, THE TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST THE POLYMER HAVING BEEN ELEVATED TO FORM 275* F. TO 325* F. TO PARTIALLY POLYMERIZE AND DEHYDRATE THE SAME, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE POLYMER NEVER EXCEEDING 325* F, DURING THE ENTIRE PROCESS, SAID POLYMER BEING FORMED BY REACTING, TO THE POINT AT WHICH THE ALDEHYDE ODOR DISAPPEARS, AN AQUEOUS MIXTURE CONTAINING A MONOHYDRIC PEHNOLIC CONSTITUENT AND A MONOALDEHYDE CONSTITUENT, THE MOL RATIO OF THE PHENOLIC CONSTITUENT TO THE ALDE-HYDE CONSITUENT LYING WITHIN THE RANGE OF 2.5 TO 1, AND A METALLIC-COMPOUND CATALYST AND BUFFER FOR THE PHENOL-ALDEHYDE REACTION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF LEAD ACETATE, CUPRIC ACETATE, LITHARGE, AND LEAD SALICYLATE IN THE AMOUNT AT LEAST 0.01 MOL PER MOL OF ALDEHYDE CONSTITUENT.