Enzyme Component Of Specific Activity Or Source (e.g., Lipase, Of Bacterial Origin, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/305)
-
Patent number: 5869438Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants which exhibit improved properties, detergent compositions comprising said lipase variants, DNA constructs coding for said lipase variants, and methods of making said lipase variants.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Allan Svendsen, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Erik Gormsen, Jens Sigurd Okkels, Marianne Thellersen
-
Patent number: 5858946Abstract: There is provided a detergent composition comprising conventional detergent components characterized in that it contains a lactase enzyme. The lactase enzyme is preferably incorporated into the compositions at a level of from 0,0001% to 2% active enzyme by weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Robert Foley, Lynda Anne Jones
-
Patent number: 5858952Abstract: The present invention provides an enzyme-containing granulated product containing, in a uniformly dispersed state, an enzyme and one or more stabilizers selected from the group consisting of reducing agents and antioxidants. The invention also discloses a method for the production of the granulated product, as well as bleaching agents and detergent compositions containing the granulated product. The granulated product loses only a minimal level of enzyme activity even in the copresence of a bleaching agent, and exhibits excellent solubility. Therefore, bleach compositions and detergent compositions prepared by incorporating the granulated product fully exhibit the enzyme activity and bleaching activity.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1996Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi Izawa, Takaaki Watanabe, Nobuharu Kotani
-
Patent number: 5855621Abstract: The transfer of a textile dye from a dyed fabric to another fabric during washing or rinsing is inhibited by adding an enzyme exhibiting peroxidase activity or an enzyme exhibiting a suitable oxidase activity to the wash liquor in which said fabrics are washed and/or rinsed. Peroxidase is produced extracellularly by some strains of Bacillus pumilus. The novel peroxidase preparation from B. pumilus is a microperoxidase, i.e. it contains hemopeptide as an active component. The preparation has improved stability at high temperature, at high pH and at high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. It can be produced without undesired catalase activity.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1995Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Ture Damhus, Ole Kirk, Gitte Pedersen, Manuel Garcia Venegas
-
Patent number: 5856167Abstract: A protease obtained from Bacillus sp., DSM 8473, is disclosed which has improved hypochlorite stability as compared to other known proteases. The protease is suitable as a detergent additive and may be used singly or combined with other know enzymes in detergent compositions. A process for washing soiled fabric with detergent compositions containing the hypochlorite stable protease is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1996Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventor: Helle Outtrup
-
Patent number: 5851233Abstract: The invention relates to a process for providing a bleached look in the color density of the surface of dyed fabric, especialy cellulosic fabric such as denim, comprising use of a phenol oxidizing enzyme such as a peroxidase or a laccase, a hydrogen peroxide source and a phenothiazine or phenoxazine enhancing agent represented by formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Anders Hjelholt Pedersen, Jesper Vallentin Kierulff
-
Patent number: 5851235Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent composition comprising an amylase enzyme in combination with a nonionic polysaccharide ether for improved stain removal performance.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gerard Marcel Baillely, Nour-Eddine Guedira, Robin Gibson Hall
-
Patent number: 5830839Abstract: A detergent composition is described which is a solid homogeneous, evenly dispersed composition containing anionic and nonionic surfactants, soil suspending agents, chelating or sequestering agents, and alkaline builders. The detergent compositions will contain either active enzymes, an oxygen releasing bleaching agent or both. The active enzymes can be protease, amylase or lipase enzymes. Said composition can be used for laundry washing or hard surface cleaning. Manufacturing procedures and methods of use are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Sunburst Chemicals, Inc.Inventor: William H. Scepanski
-
Patent number: 5817495Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel variant of peroxidase with improved stability at alkaline conditions, and a bleaching or detergent composition comprising the peroxidase variant.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Anders Hjelholt Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Allan Svendsen, Joel R. Cherry, Michael Lamsa, Palle Schneider, Birger Rostgaard Jensen
-
Patent number: 5817614Abstract: Bleach boosters comprising quaternary imine zwitterions are disclosed. The bleach boosters increase bleaching effectiveness in lower temperature solutions and demonstrate superior color safety profiles. The bleach boosters are ideally suited for inclusion into bleaching compositions including those with detersive surfactants and enzymes. Also provided is a laundry additive product including quaternary imine zwitterions. A method for laundering a fabric employing the bleach boosters of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Robert Richard Dykstra
-
Patent number: 5811382Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent additive and a detergent composition which comprises a protease enzyme derived from Nocardiopsis, a surfactant, and either/or an enzyme which exhibits peroxidase activity and hydrogen peroxide or precursor thereof or an oxidase enzyme which acts on an aromatic compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1994Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Ture Damhus, Egon Nielsen, Dorrit Anita Aaslyng
-
Detergent compositions with optimized surfactant systems to provide dye transfer inhibition benefits
Patent number: 5804543Abstract: Disclosed are detergent compositions and methods which are suitable for washing colored fabrics in aqueous washing solution with little or no transfer of dye between fabrics. The compositions utilized comprise certain nil-LAS detersive surfactants, detergent builder and certain selected polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents. The detersive surfactants used must comprise alkyl ether sulfates and certain types of nonionic surfactants (polyhydroxy fatty acid amides and/or alcohol ethoxylates). The polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents are polyamine N-oxides such as poly(4-vinylpyridine-N-oxide), i.e., PVNO and/or copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole, i.e., PVPVI.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William C. Wertz, Rajan K. Panandiker -
Patent number: 5798327Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic detergent composition comprising a surfactant and an endoglucanase producible from Thermomonospora fusca, preferably E5, or mutants or variants thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1996Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: Lever Brothers CompanyInventors: Eric Casteleijn, Willem R. van Dijk, Jan Klugkist, Pieter Dirk van Wassenaar
-
Patent number: 5795855Abstract: This invention relates to methods of oxidizing a substrate in the presence of a laccase or a laccase related enzyme and an enhancing agent. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of bleaching of dye in solutions, to a method of inhibiting the transfer of a textile dye from a dyed fabric to another fabric when said fabrics are washed together in a wash liquor, to a method of bleaching of lignin-containing material, in particular bleaching of pulp for paper production, to a method of treatment of waste water from pulp manufacturing, and to a method of enzymatic polymerization and/or modification of lignin or lignin containing material.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1995Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Palle Schneider, Anders Hjelholt Pedersen
-
Patent number: 5786316Abstract: The invention concerns compositions comprising xylanolytic activity. Specfically, the invention relates to detergent compositions havin xylanase activity. Specific compositions show an excellent boost on cleaning performanc on fruit, vegetables and/or mud and clay compounds containing said soil.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1997Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Andre Cesar Baeck, Alfred Busch, Ann Katrien Marie Agnes Verschuere
-
Patent number: 5783545Abstract: The invention provides an enzyme containing granule with a coating containing a silver corrosion inhibitor. The particle is formed from a core containing a first enzyme and an organic or inorganic carrier which can be coated with a second particulate enzyme. The core is coated with a coating containing at least one salt of manganese, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, cobalt and cerium. A method for preparing the granule is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Kathleen Paatz, Wilfried Raehse, Juergen Haerer, Werner Pichler, Birgit Burg
-
Patent number: 5783546Abstract: A detergent composition comprising an amylase enzyme which shows CMCase activity and/or is an amylase showing a positive immunological cross reaction with the antibody of the Fungamyl amylase, or an amylase produced by a host organism in which the gene encoding the Fungamyl has been cloned.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Michael Alan John Moss, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, Stanton Lane Boyer, Michael Stanford Showell, Janice Jeffrey
-
Patent number: 5780283Abstract: A method for stabilizing an enzyme against decomposition at elevated temperatures or by water is described which comprises combining the enzyme with stabilizing amounts of a non-ionic polyether-polyol block-copolymer surfactant. Stabilized compositions based on the enzyme and surfactant are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1995Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.Inventor: James C. Lee
-
Patent number: 5762647Abstract: A method of laundering soiled fabrics comprises contacting the fabrics in an aqueous laundering solution with a granular detergent composition comprising at least about 1% by weight of a surfactant, at least about 1% by weight of a builder, from about 6% to about 9% by weight of a particulate foam control agent, from about 1% to about 5% by weight of bleach activator, from about 0.3% to about 7% by weight of a peroxygen bleaching agent and from about 0.05% to about 0.2% by weight of a cellulase enzyme, wherein the detergent composition produces the low level of foam required for optimal cleaning in washing machines employing a low water wash process.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1996Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Donald R. Brown, Patti J. Kellett, Wendell I. Norman, Richard T. Owen, Ronald A. Swift
-
Patent number: 5753599Abstract: Novel bleaches, a method for bleaching substrates using these materials and detergent compositions containing same are reported. The bleaches are thiadiazole dioxides. Substrates such as fabrics may be bleached in an aqueous solution containing the thiadiazole and a peroxygen compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1996Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Janet Lynn Coope, Mohamed Gaznabi Khan, Karl Friedrich Moschner
-
Patent number: 5752980Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for providing a bleached look in the color density of the surface of dyed fabric, especially cellulosic fabric such as denim, comprising use of a phenol oxidizing enzyme such as a peroxidase or a laccase, a hydrogen peroxide source and an enhancing agent represented by formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1997Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Anders Hjelholt Pedersen, Jesper Vallentin Kierulff
-
Patent number: 5739091Abstract: Enzyme granules which comprise in their composition, in addition to the enzyme, water-soluble and water-insoluble fillers, binders and if appropriate other granulating auxiliaries, a formate of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal and if appropriate reducing sugars being added to them to stabilize the enzyme, are described. All the enzymes customary for detergents and cleaning purposes, in particular alkaline proteases, can be processed into the enzyme granules. A process for the preparation of these enzyme granules and their use in pulverulent detergent formulations are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1995Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Inventors: Torsten W. Kiesser, Hubert A. Herrmann, Gerhard Konieczny-Janda
-
Patent number: 5728670Abstract: Mixed chain alkyl (alkyl glycosid) uronates as nonionic surfactants are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1993Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Robert Vermeer, Robert William Riley Humphreys
-
Patent number: 5712238Abstract: A multipurpose cleaning agent containing 6.5-8% sodium alkyl sulfate, 2.7-4% fatty acid coconut diethanolamide, 0.38-0.42% citric acid, 0.38-0.42% ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, 0.42-0.48% sodium citrate, 2.88-3.2% water, 1.88-2.5% sodium polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate, 0.5-1% sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, 0.2-0.4% sodium percarbonate, 2-5% sodium tripoly phosphate, 40.38-35.89% low density sodium carbonate, 40.38-35.89% Na.sub.2 SO.sub.4.H.sub.2 O, 0.4-0.8%, savinase 40T, and 1-2% celluzyme 0.7T.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Inventor: Wu Hsiung Chan
-
Patent number: 5710116Abstract: Bleach boosters comprising zwitterionic imines and anionic imine polyions having a net negative charge are disclosed. The bleach boosters increase bleaching effectiveness in lower temperature solutions and demonstrate superior color safety profiles. The bleach boosters are ideally suited for inclusion into bleaching compositions including those with detersive surfactants and enzymes. Also provided is a laundry additive product including zwitterionic imines and anionic imine polyions with a net negative charge as bleach boosters. A method for laundering a fabric employing the bleach boosters of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1996Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Michael Eugene Burns, Patti Jean Kellett, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent
-
Patent number: 5700769Abstract: This invention relates to activation of enzymes. More specifically, the invention relates to peroxidase enhancing agents. The invention also relates to methods of oxidizing a substrate with a source of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a peroxidase enzyme and a peroxidase enhancing agent More specifically, the invention relates to a method of bleaching of dye in solutions, to a method of inhibiting the transfer of a textile dye from a dyed fabric to another fabric when said fabrics are washed together in a wash liquor, to a method of bleaching of lignin-containing material in particular bleaching of pulp for paper production, to a method of treatment of waste water from pulp manufacturing, and to a method of enzymatic polymerization and/or modification of lignin or lignin containing material.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Palle Schneider, Lars Sparre Conrad, S.o slashed.ren Ebdrup, Birgitte Yde
-
Patent number: 5700770Abstract: The transfer of a textile dye from a dyed fabric to another fabric during washing or rinsing is inhibited by adding an enzyme exhibiting peroxidase activity or an enzyme exhibiting a suitable oxidase activity to the wash liquor in which said fabrics are washed and/or rinsed. Peroxidase is produced extracellularly by some strains of Bacillus pumilus. The novel peroxidase preparation from B. pumilus is a microperoxidase, i.e. it contains hemopeptide as an active component. The preparation has improved stability at high temperature, at high pH and at high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. It can be produced without undesired catalase activity.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Ture Damhus, Ole Kirk, Gitte Pedersen, Manuel Garcia Venegas
-
Patent number: 5693603Abstract: Novel bleaches, a method for bleaching substrates using these materials and detergent compositions containing same are reported. The bleaches are sulfanimines. Substrates such as fabrics may be bleached in an aqueous solution containing the sulfanimine and a peroxygen compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Naresh Dhirajlal Ghatlia
-
Patent number: 5679630Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising subtilisin proteases from Bacillus lentus having the following alterations: N76D, S103A and V104I, where the numbering is based on the corresponding positions in the subtilisin from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1994Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Andre Baeck, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Thomas Paul Graycar, Richard Ray Bott, Lori Jean Wilson, Philip Frederick Brode, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh
-
Patent number: 5652207Abstract: Novel bleaches, a method for bleaching substrates using these materials and detergent compositions containing same are reported. The bleaches are phosphinoyl imines. Substrates such as fabrics may be bleached in an aqueous solution containing the phosphinoyl imines and a peroxygen compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1996Date of Patent: July 29, 1997Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Naresh Dhirajlal Ghatlia
-
Patent number: 5601750Abstract: An enzymatic bleach composition is provided comprising an enzymatic hydrogen peroxide-generating system and a bleach catalyst which is a coordination complex comprising manganese (Mn) and/or iron (Fe) ions, and preferably comprising a ligand L which is a macrocyclic organic compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein t is an integer form 2 to 3; s is an integer from 3 to 4, u is zero or one; each R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, and substituted aryl.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1994Date of Patent: February 11, 1997Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Todd Domke, Charles C. Nunn, Marco L. Giuseppin, Rudolf J. Martens, Ton Swarthoff, Cornelis T. Verrips
-
Patent number: 5595967Abstract: Improved detergent compositions, especially granular detergents, comprising bleach activators which form multiperacids, especially specific monoquaternary substituted bis(peroxycarbonic) acids, upon perhydrolysis are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory S. Miracle, Mark R. Sivik, Patti J. Kellett
-
Patent number: 5584888Abstract: Bleaching compositions, laundry and automatic dishwashing detergent compositions comprising particular neutral or anionically charged substituted bleach activators are provided. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions which provide enhanced cleaning/bleaching benefits through the selection of perhydrolysis-selective bleach activators having specific leaving groups with a conjugate acid pK.sub.a above 13 and with specific ratios of the rate of perhydrolysis to the rate of hydrolysis and the rate of perhydrolysis to the rate of diacylperoxide production. Included are preferred activator compounds and methods for washing fabrics, hard surfaces, and tableware using the activators.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1994Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Inventors: Gregory S. Miracle, Alan D. Willey, Kevin L. Kott, Michael E. Burns
-
Patent number: 5576282Abstract: Bleach boosters comprising zwitterionic imines and anionic imine polyions having a net negative charge are disclosed. The bleach boosters increase bleaching effectiveness in lower temperature solutions and demonstrate superior color safety profiles. The bleach boosters are ideally suited for inclusion into bleaching compositions including those with detersive surfactants and enzymes. Also provided is a laundry additive product including zwitterionic imines and anionic imine polyions with a net negative charge as bleach boosters. A method for laundering a fabric employing the bleach boosters of the present invention is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1995Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory S. Miracle, Michael E. Burns, Patti J. Kellett, James C. T. R. Burckett-St. Laurent
-
Patent number: 5574003Abstract: A dye transfer inhibiting compositions are disclosed, comprising:A. an iron catalyst selected froma) iron porphin and water-soluble or water-dispersable derivatives thereof;b) iron porphyrin and water-soluble or water-dispersable derivatives thereof;c) iron phthalocyanine and water-soluble or water-dispersable derivatives thereof;B. an enzymatic system capable of generating hydrogen peroxide.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: James P. Johnston
-
Patent number: 5560748Abstract: Laundry and cleaning compositions which comprise large pore size redox catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1994Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Athanasios Surutzidis, Robert Y. Pan, Gregory S. Caravajal, James C. T. R. Burckett-St. Laurent
-
Patent number: 5536434Abstract: This invention relates to imido-derivative peroxycarboxylic acids having the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R and R.sub.1, which may be the same or different, represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, or, taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are linked, give rise to a cyclic aliphatic ring, all of them being optionally substituted; the . . . symbol indicates a simple or an olefinic bond; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an OH group, and n is an integer different from 0; the process for their preparation and their use as bleaching agents.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1989Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.Inventors: Carlo Venturello, Claudio Cavallotti, Elena Bencini, Maria A. Sasso
-
Patent number: 5534179Abstract: Improved detergent compositions, especially granular detergents, comprising bleach activators which form multiperacids, especially specific monoquaternary substituted bis(peroxycarbonic) acids, upon perhydrolysis are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1995Date of Patent: July 9, 1996Inventors: Gregory S. Miracle, Mark R. Sivik, Patti J. Kellett