Enzyme Component Of Specific Activity Or Source (e.g., Protease, Of Bacterial Origin, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/392)
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Publication number: 20150065412Abstract: The present invention provides engineered protease variants. In particular, the protease variants comprise combinable mutations at selected surface positions that affect the charge and/or hydrophobicity of the enzyme to enhance at least one desired property of the resulting variant enzyme in a chosen application. Compositions comprising the protease variants, and methods for using the same are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, David A. Estell, James T. Kellis, JR.
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Publication number: 20150064767Abstract: The present invention provides variant subtilisins and compositions comprising at least one variant subtilisin set forth herein, as well as methods for using these variants and compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides variant subtilisins suitable for laundry cleaning applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Joshua R. Basler, Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, David A. Estell, James T. Kellis
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Publication number: 20150056664Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent glycoside hydrolase, comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 21, 94, 157, 205, 206, 247, 337, 350, 373, 383, 438, 455, 467, and 486 of amino acids 1 to 513 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and optionally further comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 8, 22, 41, 49, 57, 113, 193, 196, 226, 227, 246, 251, 255, 259, 301, 356, 371, 411, and 462 of amino acids 1 to 513 of SEQ ID NO: 2 a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 8, 22, 41, 49, 57, 113, 193, 196, 226, 227, 246, 251, 255, 259, 301, 356, 371, 411, and 462 of amino acids 1 to 513 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the variants have glycoside hydrolase activity. The present invention also relates to nucleotide sequences encoding the variant glycoside hydrolases and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleotide sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Sarah Teter, Connie Ward, Joel Cherry, Aubrey Jones, Paul Harris, Jung Yi
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Publication number: 20150057213Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines with a low melting point. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 5 to 18 polyethylene oxide units, a middle polyalkylene oxide block comprising 1 to 5 polyalkylene oxide units and an outer polyethylene oxide block comprising 2 to 14 polyethylene oxide units.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Sophia Rosa EBERT, Bjoern LUDOLPH
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Publication number: 20150056682Abstract: The present invention provides variant subtilisins and compositions comprising at least one variant subtilisin set forth herein, as well as methods for using these variants and compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides variant proteases suitable for laundry cleaning applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Viktor Yuryevich Alekseyev, Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, James T. Kellis, JR., Alexander Pisarchik
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Publication number: 20150044736Abstract: Described are compositions and methods relating to a fungal cutinase cloned from Magnaporthe grisea, polynucleotides encoding the cutinase, and methods of use thereof. The compositions and methods have particular application in detergent cleaning compositions and synthesis reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Christian D. Adams, Andrei Miasnikov
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Publication number: 20150044732Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase, the variant having improved stability or activity at low calcium conditions or at low pH.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: Carsten Andersen
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Publication number: 20150031589Abstract: The present invention provides methods for protein engineering and serine protease variants produced there from. Specifically, the present invention provides serine protease variants having one or more substitutions as compared to a reference serine protease. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising these serine protease variants. In some embodiments, the present invention provides cleaning compositions comprising at least one of these serine protease variants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Wolfgang Aehle, Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, David A. Estell, Frits Goedegebuur, James T. Kellis, JR., Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Brian F. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20150031600Abstract: The present invention relates to designed polypeptide biosurfactants that may be prepared by recombinant technology in commercially useful amounts and purified by simple non-chromatographic methods. The designed polypeptide biosurfactants comprise at least one stimuli-responsive amino acid residue or at least one glutamine or asparagine residue and may be useful in modulating the stability of a foam, alone or in combination with an ?-helical peptide. The designed polypeptide biosurfactant may be useful in the formation and collapse of foams in foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, cosmetics, cleaning products, mineral recovery, bioremediation, oil recovery and laundry products. The designed biosurfactants may also be useful in recombinant production and purification of peptides, polypeptides and proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: The University of QueenslandInventors: Anton Peter Jacob Middelberg, Mirjana Dimitrijev-Dwyer, Michael Brech
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Publication number: 20150023945Abstract: The present invention is directed to lysozyme variants and nucleotide sequences encoding same. The lysozyme variants have antimicrobial and/or lysozyme activity and comprise an alteration of an amino acid sequence at one or more positions. The present invention is also directed to methods for producing and of using the Opisthocomus hoazin lysozyme and the lysozyme variants of the present invention as antimicrobial agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Mikkel Klausen, Marie Allesen Holm, Leonardo De Maria, Michael Skjoet
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Publication number: 20150026843Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having proteaseactivity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptidesin e.g. animal feed and detergents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Tine Hoff, Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Katrine Pontoppidan
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Publication number: 20150024439Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Kimberly Brown, Paul Harris, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Edward Re, Elena Vlasenko, Keith McFarland, Alfredo Lopez de Leon
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Publication number: 20150017700Abstract: The present invention provides lipolytic enzyme variants. Specifically, the present invention provides lipolytic enzyme variants having two, three, or more modifications as compared to a parent lipolytic enzyme having at least one improved property. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising a lipolytic enzyme variant of the invention. The present invention also provides methods of cleaning using compositions comprising a lipolytic enzyme variant of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: David A. Estell, Thomas P. Graycar, Lene Bojsen Jensen, Anja Hemmingsen Kellett-Smith, Karsten M. Kragh, Rie Mejldal, Sina Pricelius, Jian Yao
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Patent number: 8927481Abstract: In a washing or cleaning agent that contains a solid enzyme formulation, the intention is to improve shelf stability in terms of enzymatic activity. This is achieved by a washing or cleaning agent comprising an enzyme granulate, the granulate comprising, besides the enzyme, the following components: (a) 68 to 90 wt % (w/w) sulfate, in particular alkali metal sulfate, particularly preferably sodium sulfate, (b) 0.1 to 10.5 wt % (w/w) polyethylene glycol, (c) 0.5 to 14.5 wt % (w/w) granulation adjuvant.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Thomas Eiting, Johannes Bongaerts
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Publication number: 20150007369Abstract: The present invention relates to GH61 polypeptide variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Janine Lin, Doreen Bohan, Michelle Maranta, Leslie Beresford, Michael Lamsa, Bjarne Gram Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Matt Sweeney, Douglas J. Boyle, III
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Patent number: 8920576Abstract: A machine dishwashing method comprises: dispensing two liquid cleansers or detergents A and B into the interior of a machine dishwasher during the cleaning dishwashing cycle, wherein the liquid detergent A has a pH at 20° C. of 6 to 9 and the liquid detergent B has a pH at 20° C. of 9 to 14 and is dispensed at cleaning cycle time t2; and wherein the liquid cleansers or detergents A and B comprise, respectively: A: 10% to 75% by weight of a detergent builder, 0.1% to 10% by weight of an enzyme, 24.9% to 89.9% by weight of a solvent; and B: 10% to 74.9% by weight of a detergent builder, 25% to 89.9% by weight of a solvent; and wherein neither liquid cleanser or detergent A nor liquid cleanser or detergent B individually comprises more than 2% by weight of a bleaching agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Pavel Gentschev, Maren Jekel, Arnd Kessler, Ulrich Pegelow, Christian Nitsch, Johannes Zipfel
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Publication number: 20140371126Abstract: A detergent composition comprising 10 to 60 wt % detergent surfactant and 0.1 to 10 wt % of a soil release agent comprising a water soluble addition polymer having a backbone prepared from (meth)acrylic, vinylic and/or (meth)acrylamido and pendent di- and/or tri-styryl groups attached thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Akzo Nobel Chemicals international B.V.Inventors: Klin Aloysius Rodrigues, Daniel Woodson Verstrat, Allen Mark Carrier, Martin Charles Crossman, Adam Peter Jarvis, Susanne Henning Rogers
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Publication number: 20140364353Abstract: Detergent compositions are described having more than one enzyme, in particular having a multi-enzyme co-particle as well as methods of making and using such detergents. The compositions also have low levels of zeolite and phosphate builders and a moisture sink to minimize interaction between enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Steven George PATTERSON, Philip Frank SOUTER
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Publication number: 20140363538Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of isolated polypeptides having protease activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides in animal feed and detergents. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides in e.g. animal feed and detergents.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Robert Piotr Olinski, Tine Hoff, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Carsten Sjoeholm, Katrine Pontoppidan
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Patent number: 8906365Abstract: The application relates to antimicrobial agents against Gram-negative bacteria, in particular to fusion proteins composed of an enzyme having the activity of degrading the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria and a peptide stretch fused to the enzyme at the N- or C-terminus, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Moreover, it relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such a fusion protein, vectors carrying the nucleic acid molecules and host cells transformed with either the nucleic acid molecules or the vectors. In addition, it relates to such a fusion protein for use as a medicament, in particular for the treatment or prevention of Gram-negative bacterial infections, as diagnostic means or as cosmetic substance. The application also relates to the treatment or prevention of Gram-negative bacterial contamination of foodstuff, of food processing equipment, of food processing plants, of surfaces coming into contact with foodstuff, of medical devices, of surfaces in hospitals and surgeries.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignees: Lysando AG, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&DInventors: Rob Lavigne, Stefan Miller, Yves Briers, Guido Volckaert, Maarten Walmagh
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Publication number: 20140357543Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide proteinaceous protease inhibitors with moderate inhibitory activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Miki Kusano, Fusamitsu Yanagihara
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Publication number: 20140356924Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits altered properties relative to the parent alpha-amylase.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Thomas Thisted, Claus von der Osten
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Publication number: 20140357727Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods useful for producing fatty alcohol compositions from recombinant host cells. The disclosure further provides fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) variant enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the FAR variant enzymes, and vectors and host cells comprising polynucleotides encoding the FAR variant enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Louis A. Clark, Kristian Karlshoej, Patricia Choudhary
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Publication number: 20140342964Abstract: A pouch comprising a water-soluble film and a cleaning composition, the cleaning composition being at least partially encompassed within the water-soluble film, wherein the water-soluble film comprises at least 50% by weight of a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin, the resin having an average viscosity in a range of 10 cP to 30 cP and a degree of hydrolysis in a range of 84% to 98%, and wherein the cleaning composition comprises an alpha-amylase with at least 90% identity with an alpha-amylase selected from the alpha-amylase of SEQ ID NO:1 and the alpha-amylase of SEQ ID NO:2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle JACKSON, Euan John MAGENNIS
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Publication number: 20140342431Abstract: Compositions and methods relating to variant alpha-amylases are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Danisco US INC.Inventors: Luis Gustavo Cascao-Pereira, Marc Kolkman
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Publication number: 20140336098Abstract: The conversion of a peptide aldehyde to a hydrosulfite adduct can be used to increase the aqueous solubility in the purification of the peptide aldehydes. Advantageously, this hydrosulfite adduct is itself effective as a subtilisin inhibitor and stabilizer and it can also stabilize a second enzyme if present. The hydrosulfite adduct is effective as a subtilisin inhibitor, and it maintains its inhibitory and stabilizing effect in a liquid detergent during storage. Thus, use of the hydrosulfite adduct can avoid the cost and time of converting it back to the peptide aldehyde and subsequent drying of the peptide aldehyde can be saved, and this can avoid the inconvenience of handling the peptide aldehyde in powder form or as a highly diluted aqueous solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Francesco Ponzini, Roberto Bisaccia, Renato Canevotti
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Patent number: 8883141Abstract: A hydrolytic enzyme is stabilized in a liquid surfactant preparation using a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and includes a phenylalkyldicarboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Petra Siegert, Marion Merkel, Hendrik Hellmuth, Timothy O'Connell, Karl-Heinz Maurer
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Patent number: 8883709Abstract: A liquid composition for treatment of stained fabric is disclosed. The composition may be an aqueous emulsion that includes a fatty alcohol as a stabilizing agent. The composition may also include one or more nonionic surfactants, detersive enzymes, borax, cleaning agents, fragrances, pH adjusting agents, thickeners, and preservatives. The composition may remain a stable emulsion after even long term storage at various temperatures. Moreover, the composition's improved stability is achieved without significantly sacrifice of its stain removal performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Vasyl A. Nechyporenko
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Patent number: 8883140Abstract: A hydrolytic enzyme is stabilized in a liquid surfactant preparation using a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and encompasses an oligoaminobiphenyl oligocarboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Petra Siegert, Marion Merkel, Hendrik Hellmuth, Timothy O'Connell, Karl-Heinz Maurer
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Publication number: 20140329734Abstract: The stabilization of enzymes in washing or cleaning compositions, especially in liquid aqueous washing or cleaning compositions, is possible through the use of only small amounts of calcium nitrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Ulrich Pegelow, Detlef Buisker, Ines Raschke
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Patent number: 8877701Abstract: The invention discloses a laundry article used for cleaning fabrics comprising a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate and coated thereon into at least one zone each a detergent composition and an enzyme-containing composition. The enzyme-containing composition comprises an enzyme embedded in a thickened matrix.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Matthias Sunder, Michael Voelker
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Patent number: 8877091Abstract: This invention relates to a novel non-aqueous liquid oxygen bleach composition prepared by dispersing solid peroxygen compound in the liquid in which the content of an anhydrous non-polar organic solvent and a non-ionic and anionic surfactant is controlled. The composition is formed in a high viscous paste or a gel-type suspension and can be used as a multi-purpose composition, for example, the bleach and stain remover of clothes and the cleanser of bathroom and kitchen since they have a chemical/physical stability of no loss of available oxygen, an excellent bleaching and cleaning ability due to their alkaline pH range, no change of viscosity or no phase separation during the storage and so on.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: D C Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se In Yang, Kyung Keun Yoo, Yong Il Kim, Young Ran Lee
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Publication number: 20140322768Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having peroxygenase activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Sara Landvik, Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lisbeth Kalum
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Publication number: 20140322770Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having peroxygenaseactivity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Sara Landvik, Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lisbeth Kalum
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Publication number: 20140323382Abstract: The present invention relates a method of obtaining a detergent composition comprising introducing (a) a lipase variant of a parent lipase which variant has at least 60% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, a substitution at a position corresponding to D254 of the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 and has lipase activity and (b) an anionic surfactant, wherein said composition has increased stability in comparison with a corresponding composition comprising the parent lipase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Jesper Vind, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Marco Malten, Allan Svendsen, Kim Borch
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Publication number: 20140314733Abstract: Composition for the removal of biofilms present on a substrate, comprising at least one detergent component comprising at least one sequestering agent and at least one agent that is simultaneously a wetting and a dispersing agent, and at least one enzymatic component containing at least one protease, at least one laccase and at least one polysaccharidaseType: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: S.A. RealcoInventors: Gauthier Boels, Gordon Blackman, Sébastien Fastrez
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Publication number: 20140315244Abstract: A fungal strain Beauveria species bearing accession number MTCC 5184 is disclosed. The process for the preparation of an enzyme mix including at least one enzyme selected from, but not limited to protease, carbohydrase, and lipase from the disclosed Beauveria species and uses of the enzyme mix in various areas also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHInventors: Seeta Laxman RYALI, Shiv Shankar, Snehal Vijay More, Harish Bansilal Khandelwal, Chandra Babu Kannan Narasimhan, Saravanan Palanivel, Padmanabhan Balaram
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Publication number: 20140315775Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one neutral metalloprotease enzyme that has improved stability in the presence of a metal chelator. In some embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease finds use in cleaning and other applications comprising citrate. In some particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions comprising variant neutral metalloprotease(s) engineered to resist citrate-induced autolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: RONALDUS W.J. HOMMES, AMY D. LIU, ANDREW SHAW, LOUISE WALLACE
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Patent number: 8859486Abstract: An anhydrous composition comprising a liquid phase, a dispersed solid phase and a processed clay mixture. The composition has a minimum amount of water and is surprisingly stable during its long-term storage, with no phase separation and minimal activated oxygen loss.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventors: Elena Petrovicova, Steven A. Bolkan, Sarah Waite
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Patent number: 8859480Abstract: Detergent compositions containing high efficiency lipase enzymes and specific detergent formulations comprising less than 10 wt % zeolite and phosphate builder are described. Preferred formulations comprise surfactants selected from alkyl benzene sulphonates in combination with alky ethoxylated sulfates or MES or non-ionic surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Steven George Patterson
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Publication number: 20140303060Abstract: A process for degrading a biofilm on surfaces of objects by means of an extract of a bacterium of the genus Lysobacter, whereby the extract is obtainable by a process comprising the following steps: culturing Lysobacter on a solid or in a liquid medium; incubating at a temperature of 20° C. to 40° C. for a duration of from 1 to 15 days; extraction of at least one component, which is able to degrade a biofilm; optionally followed by further purification steps, such as ion-exchange chromatography and/or concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der angewan Forschung E.V.Inventors: Anke Goekcen, Jochen Wiesner, Andreas Vilcinskas, Rainer Fischer
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Publication number: 20140302003Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one perhydrolase enzyme for cleaning and other applications. In some particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for generation of peracids. The present invention finds particular use in applications involving cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Neelam S. Amin, Matthew G. Boston, Richard R. Bott, Maguerite A. Cervin, Edward M. Concar, Marc E. Gustwiller, Brian E. Jones, Klaus Liebeton, Gregory S. Miracle, Hiroshi Oh, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Sandra W. Ramer, Jeffrey J. Scheibel, Walter Weyler, Gregory M. Whited
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Publication number: 20140295027Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides in e.g. animal feed and detergents.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Tine Hoff, Katrine Pontoppidan, Robert Piotr Olinski
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Publication number: 20140296127Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Frank HULSKOTTER, Stefano SCIALLA, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Amy Eichsradt WAUN, Sophia EBERT, Bjoern LUDOLPH, Christof WIGBERS, Steffen MAAS
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Publication number: 20140295523Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides having glucanase, e.g., endoglucanase, mannanase, xylanase activity or a combination of these activities, and polynucleotides encoding them. In one aspect, the glucanase activity is an endoglucanase activity (e.g., endo-1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-glucano hydrolase activity) and comprises hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-D-glycosidic linkages in cellulose, cellulose derivatives (e.g., carboxy methyl cellulose and hydroxy ethyl cellulose) lichenin, beta-1,4 bonds in mixed beta-1,3 glucans, such as cereal beta-D-glucans or xyloglucans and other plant material containing cellulosic parts. In addition, methods of designing new enzymes and methods of use thereof are also provided. In alternative aspects, the new glucanases e.g., endoglucanases, mannanases, xylanases have increased activity and stability, including thermotolerance or thermostability, at increased or decreased pHs and temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Brian Steer, Shaun Healey, Alireza Esteghlalian, Stacy Marie Miles, Kenneth Barrett, Rene Quadt
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Patent number: 8846598Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) a bacterial alkaline enzyme exhibiting endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity (E.C. 3.2.1.4); and (ii) a bleach catalyst that is capable of accepting an oxygen atom from a peroxyacid and transferring the oxygen atom to an oxidizeable substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Gregory Scot Miracle, Philip Frank Souter
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Publication number: 20140287485Abstract: Composition for the removal of biofilms present on a substrate, characterized in that it comprises at least one detergent component comprising a sequestrant and also a wetting agent and a dispersant and at least one enzymatic component containing at least one protease, at least one laccase and at least one polysaccharidase, method of implementation thereof and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicants: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, S.A. REALCOInventors: Gauthier Boels, Gordon Blackman, Christine Faille, Yannick Lequette, Martine Clarisse
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Publication number: 20140287481Abstract: Subtilase variants having an improved wash performance on egg stains. These subtilases are useful exhibiting excellent or improved wash performance on egg stains when used in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Stefan Minning, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Niels Henrik Sorensen
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Publication number: 20140287477Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant maltohexaose-forming alpha-amylases. The variant alpha-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, for cleaning starchy stains in laundry, dishwashing, and other applications, for textile processing (e.g., desizing), in animal feed for improving digestibility, and for baking and brewing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, David A. Estell, Marc Kolkman, Harm Mulder
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Publication number: 20140274862Abstract: The present application relates to nil phosphate and nil borate cleaning compositions comprising a protease cleaning system and a wetting agent, and processes for making and using such compositions. Such compositions offer improved enzyme stability in product and a consumer desirable cleaning profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank SOUTER, Garry Steven GARRETT, Charles Winston SAUNDERS, Nancy L. REEDER, Brian Xiaoqing SONG, Brian Lee KEITH