Enzyme Component Of Specific Activity Or Source (e.g., Protease, Of Bacterial Origin, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/320)
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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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Publication number: 20140271605Abstract: The present invention relates to stable bioactive substances and preparation thereof. A preparation method includes dissolving a bioactive material in a solution substantially free of solutes to make a bioactive solution, adsorbing the bioactive solution onto dry polysaccharide particles to make bioactive loaded polysaccharide particles, and drying the bioactive loaded polysaccharide particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: ADVANCED BIONUTRITION CORP.Inventors: Moti HAREL, Qiong TANG, Erin E. DICKEY
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Patent number: 8822399Abstract: A laundry stain and soil pretreatment sheet including a water soluble or water dispersible carrier layer, preferably polyvinyl alcohol, a removable separator layer, and a layer of cleaning agent composition therebetween. The separator layer is removed, the composition layer is adhered to a stain on clothing, and the clothing is laundered. The carrier layer dissolves or disperses during the laundering. The separator layer can be water soluble or water dispersible. Depressions can be provided in the carrier layer to hold the layer of cleaning agent composition. Without the separator layer, a sheet of the carrier layer can be folded over to hold the cleaning agent composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Dirty Laundry, LLCInventors: Jamie B. Peltz, Robert F. Golownia
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Patent number: 8822402Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated, solid, water soluble benefit agents and products comprising such encapsulates, as well as processes for making and using such encapsulates and products comprising such encapsulates. In one aspect, the present application relates to a melamine formaldehyde and/or urea formaldehyde encapsulation process that offers as solution to the dissolution of solid, water soluble benefit agents during the process's emulsification step.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Johan Smets, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Sandra Jacqueline Guinebretiere
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Publication number: 20140230157Abstract: A method of laundering a fabric comprising the steps of; (i) contacting the fabric with a cutinase, (ii) contacting the fabric from step (i) with a soil; (iii) contacting the fabric from step (ii) with a laundry detergent composition, wherein the laundry detergent composition comprises a hueing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Linsey Sarah Bennie, Steven George Patterson, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick
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Publication number: 20140227738Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease 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: September 21, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Jeppe Wegener Tams, Tine Hoff, Morten Gjermansen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Robert Piotr Olinski, Katrine Pontoppidan, Carsten Sjoeholm
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Patent number: 8802614Abstract: A hydrolytic enzyme is to be stabilized in a liquid surfactant preparation. This is achieved by using a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and encompasses a multiply substituted benzenecarboxylic acid that has a carboxyl group on at least two carbon atoms of the benzene residue.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Petra Siegert, Marion Merkel, Hendrik Hellmuth, Timothy O'Connell, Karl-Heinz Maurer
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Publication number: 20140213499Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a benefit agent delivery particle comprising dextran as a delivery aid. The benefit agent delivery particle may further comprise a non-polysaccharide polymer, preferably an aminoplast polymer. The benefit agent delivery particle may comprise a perfume. The invention also provides a process for the manufacture of the particles in which perfume oil is encapsulated using emulsion polymerization to form core-shell particles, (in the alternative the perfume may be adsorbed later) and, a further polymer layer is formed on the outer surface of the core shell-particles in the presence of the delivery aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Honggang Chen, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Xiaoyun Pan, Jinfang Wang
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Publication number: 20140206587Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a benefit agent delivery particle comprising at least one of hydroxylpropyl methyl cellulose, hydroxylethyl methyl cellulose, hydroxylpropyl guar, hydroxylethyl ethyl cellulose or methyl cellulose. The benefit agent delivery particle may further comprise a non-polysaccharide polymer, preferably an aminoplast polymer. The benefit agent delivery particle may comprise a perfume. The invention also provides a process for the manufacture of the particles in which perfume oil is encapsulated using emulsion polymerization to form core-shell particles, (in the alternative the perfume may be adsorbed later) and, a further polymer layer is formed on the outer surface of the core shell-particles in the presence of the delivery aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventors: Honggang Chen, Christopher Clarkson Jones, Xiaoyun Pan, Jinfang Wang
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Publication number: 20140193886Abstract: Described are compositions and methods relating to the removal of oily stains from fabrics and other surfaces using a lipase in combination with a selected surfactant to mediate the release of fatty acids generated by the lipase. The compositions and methods have application in, e.g., laundry cleaning and dishwashing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Christian Adams, Katherine D. Collier, Michael Jay Pepsin, Brian Schmidt
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Publication number: 20140193888Abstract: This invention relates to fabric and home care products comprising one or more cold water proteases and processes for making and using such products. Such compositions provide improved cleaning and freshness. Such cold water proteases may be derived from parent enzymes, including BPN? subtilisin and subtilisin derived from Bacillus lentus, by substitution, insertion and/or deletion of one or more of the parent enzymes' amino acids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Philip Frank SOUTER, Glenn Steven WARD, Viktor Yuryevich ALEKSEYEV, Joshua Roy BASLER, Luis Gustavo CASAO-PEREIRA, David A ESTELL, Ayrookaran J Poulose, James T KELLIS, JR., Alexander PISARCHIK, Daniel TORRES-PAZMINO
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Patent number: 8772007Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Neelam S. Amin, Matthew G. Boston, Richard R. Bott, Marguerite 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: 20140187463Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Steven SADLOWSKI, Mark Robert SIVIK, Michael David CUMMINGS, Donna D'Angelo MORRALL, Kevin Lee KOTT, Keith Homer BAKER, Brian Joseph LOUGHNANE, Michael A. VALENTI, Laurent D. KEIKEN, Xiayong Michael HONG, Eduardo TORRES, Dominick J. VALENTI, Patrick D. MOORE, Leonard J. STARKS
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Patent number: 8765440Abstract: Disclosed are a number of homologs and variants of Hypocrea jecorina Cel7A (formerly Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I or CBH1), nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for producing the same. The homologs and variant cellulases have the amino acid sequence of a glycosyl hydrolase of family 7A wherein one or more amino acid residues are substituted and/or deleted.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Frits Goedegebuur, Peter Gualfetti, Colin Mitchinson, Paulien Neefe
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Patent number: 8735338Abstract: Surfactant-containing compositions are described which include a protein component that has the effect of improving the surface-active properties of the surfactants contained in the compositions. The surfactant-containing compositions having the protein component demonstrate significantly lower critical micelle concentrations (CMC), reduced surface tensions, and reduced interfacial tensions than do comparable compositions having no protein component. In addition, the surfactant-containing compositions having the protein component has the effect of converting greasy waste contaminants to surface active materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Advanced Biocatalytics Corp.Inventors: John W. Baldridge, Carl W. Podella
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Publication number: 20140142019Abstract: The invention provides a benefit agent delivery particle comprising hydroxylpropyl cellulose. The benefit agent delivery particle may further comprise a non-polysaccharide polymer, preferably an aminoplast polymer. The benefit agent delivery particle may comprise a perfume. The invention also provides a process for the manufacture of the particles in which perfume oil is encapsulated using emulsion polymerization to form core-shell particles, (in the alternative the perfume may be adsorbed later) and, a further polymer layer is formed on the outer surface of the core shell-particles in the presence of the delivery aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Honggang Chen, Paul Ferguson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, David Richard Arthur Mealing, Xiaoyun Pan, Jinfang Wang
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Publication number: 20140135250Abstract: The present invention relates to both stable liquid laundry cleaning compositions and dry powdered laundry cleaning compositions with good solubility in water. More particularly, this invention relates to a concentrated soap-based formulation to be mixed with a limited quantity of water in a mixing container to render an amount of dilute liquid laundry cleaning solution with lasting stability and good cleaning properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: PURECAP LAUNDRY, LLCInventors: Laura A. Weller-Brophy, Seth MacPherson Brophy
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Publication number: 20140127758Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material and for producing substances from the cellulosic material under high temperature conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Inventors: Tarana Shaghasi, Brett McBrayer
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Patent number: 8715368Abstract: This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gregory Scot Miracle, Robert Linn Mahaffey, Jr., Xiaoyong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick Joseph Valenti
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Publication number: 20140120586Abstract: The present invention discloses novel polypeptides and enzyme preparations containing them, which improve the efficiency of cellulose and lignocellulose degradation even at elevated temperatures. The polypeptides can be produced using conventional recombinant DNA technologies. The related polynucleotides, vectors and host cells are also disclosed. The polypeptides and the enzyme preparations containing them are particularly useful in improving the efficiency of cellulose and lignocellulose degradation, in improving the quality of animal feed, in machine dishwashing applications, in detergent compositions, in pulp and paper, textile, food, baking or beverage industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Roal OyInventors: Kristiina JARVINEN, Kari JUNTUNEN, Taija LEINONEN, Alexandra KOMANDER, Kim LANGFELDER, Jari VEHMAANPERA, Terhi PURANEN
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Publication number: 20140113335Abstract: This invention provides novel variant cellulolytic enzymes having improved activity and/or stability. In certain embodiments the variant cellulotyic enzymes comprise a glycoside hydrolase with or comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to one or more of residues F64, A226, and/or E246 in Thermobifida fusca Cel9A enzyme. In certain embodiments the glycoside hydrolase is a variant of a family 9 glycoside hydrolase. In certain embodiments the glycoside hydrolase is a variant of a theme B family 9 glycoside hydrolase.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Robert Blazej, Nicholas Toriello, Charles Emrich, Richard N. Cohen, Nitzan Koppel
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Patent number: 8703688Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Mark Robert Sivik, Michael David Cummings, Donna D'Angelo Morrall, Kevin Lee Kott, Keith Homer Baker, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Michael A Valenti, Laurent D Kieken, Xiayong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick J Valenti, Patrick D Moore, Leonard J Starks
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Publication number: 20140107009Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated, solid, water soluble benefit agents and products comprising such encapsulates, as well as processes for making and using such encapsulates and products comprising such encapsulates. In one aspect, the present application relates to a melamine formaldehyde and/or urea formaldehyde encapsulation process that offers as solution to the dissolution of solid, water soluble benefit agents during the process's emulsification step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Johan SMETS, Susana FERNANDEZ PRIETO, Sandra Jacqueline GUINEBRETIERE
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Patent number: 8691743Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising an alkaline protease and/or one or more other non-proteolytic enzymes, and an enzyme stabilization system. The invention also relates to enhancing stability of the non-proteolytic enzymes in a liquid detergent composition comprising an alkaline protease.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Christina Edwards, Domenic Paone, Megan Allen
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Publication number: 20140073547Abstract: A detergent composition containing: (a) peptidoglycan-digesting enzyme having an amino acid sequence identity of at least 80% to the amino acid SEQ ID NO: 1, 2 or 3; (b) detersive surfactant; and a detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of: (c) perfume microcapsule; (d) a builder system that is: (i) substantially free of phosphate builder; (ii) substantially free of zeolite builder; and (iii) optionally, substantially free of silicate salt; (e) protease system comprising: (i) protease; and (ii) stabiliser system selected from the group consisting of: borate, polyol, 4-formylphenylboronic acid, encapsulating material, and any mixture thereof; and (f) any mixture thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Philip Frank Souter
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Publication number: 20140073548Abstract: The present compositions and methods relate to an endo-B-mannanase cloned from a Bacillus sp., polynucleotides encoding the endo-B-mannanase, and methods of use thereof. Formulations containing the endo-?-mannanase are highly suitable for use as detergents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Brian E. Jones, Marc Kolkman, Zhen Qian, Brian Sogaard Laursen, Karsten M. Kragh, Sina Pricelius, Zheyong Yu, Lilia Maria Babe, Melodie Estabrook, Ling Hua
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Publication number: 20140073030Abstract: The present compositions and methods relate to an endo-?-mannanase cloned from Bacillus agaradhaerens, polynucleotides encoding the endo-?-mannanase, and methods of use thereof. Formulations containing the endo-?-mannanase are highly suitable for use as detergents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Brian E. Jones, Marc Kolkman, Zhen Qian, Brian Sogaard Laursen, Karsten M. Kragh, Sina Pricelius, Zheyong Yu, Lilian Maria Babe, Melodie Estabrook
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Publication number: 20140057015Abstract: The present teachings provide ways of improving the distribution of high payload enzyme granules by reducing their size, and by mixing them with size-matched dummy particles containing sodium sulfate. The present teachings also provide methods of using the mixtures.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventor: Nathaniel T. Becker
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Publication number: 20140057324Abstract: Variants of Bacillus sp. no. 707 alpha-amylase are provided that are produced more efficiently and thus more economically. Higher fermentation yields are achieved through introducing amino acid variations that promote solubility of the variant in a fermentation broth. Increased solubility allows more enzyme to remain in solution after expression in a host cell. This in turn increases the efficiency with which the expressed variant enzyme can be recovered from the fermentation broth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Wolfgang AEHLE, Neelam S. AMIN
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Patent number: 8642310Abstract: A hydrolytic enzyme is to be stabilized in a liquid surfactant preparation. This is achieved by using a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and encompasses a phthaloylglutamic acid and/or a phthaloylaspartic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Petra Siegert, Marion Merkel, Hendrik Hellmuth, Timothy O'Connell, Karl-Heinz Maurer
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Publication number: 20140031272Abstract: A composition comprising: (a) a lipolytic enzyme; (b) a hydrophobin, as defined herein; and optionally (c) a detergent; is provided. The composition is useful as a cleaning composition for removing lipid-based stains from surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Stepan Shipovskov, Lene Bojsen Jensen, Zhen Qian
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Patent number: 8633148Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated, solid, water soluble benefit agents and products comprising such encapsulates, as well as processes for making and using such encapsulates and products comprising such encapsulates. In one aspect, the present application relates to a melamine formaldehyde and/or urea formaldehyde encapsulation process that offers as solution to the dissolution of solid, water soluble benefit agents during the process's emulsification step.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: The procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Johan Smets, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Sandra Jacqueline Guinebretiere
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Publication number: 20140017715Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like ?-amylase, which exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent ?-amylase: i) improved pH stability at a pH from 8 to 10.5; and/or ii) improved Ca2+ stability at pH 8 to 10.5, and/or iii) increased specific activity at temperatures from 10 to 60° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Torben Vedel Borchert, Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Bjarne Nielsen, Torben Lauesgaard Nissen, Soren Kjaerulff
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Publication number: 20140005093Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Sanne Schoeder Glad, Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Katja Salomon Johansen, Henrik Frisner, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Thomas Thisted
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Publication number: 20130344542Abstract: Described are variants (mutants) of a parent alpha-amylase having alpha-amylase activity and exhibiting altered properties relative to the parent alpha-amylase, and methods of use, thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, Claudine Chang, Clement Choy, James T. Kellis, JR., Brian E. Jones, Melodie Estabrook, Marc Kolkman, Chris Leeflang, Casper Vroemen, Walter Weyler
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Publication number: 20130345108Abstract: The present invention is directed to visually contrasting aesthetic particles having increased water solubility, particularly useful for combination with granular laundry detergent composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Richard Lock, Michael Pickstock
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Publication number: 20130330781Abstract: The present invention relates to enzyme preparations consisting essentially of an enzyme which has cellulytic activity, which perform very well in industrial applications such as laundry compositions, for biopolishing of newly manufactured textiles, for providing an abraded look of cellulosic fabric or garment, and for treatment of paper pulp. Further, the invention relates to DNA constructs encoding such enzymes, a method for providing a gene encoding for such enzymes, a method of producing the enzymes, enzyme preparations containing such enzymes, and the use of these enzymes for a number of industrial applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Martin Schulein, Lene Nonboe Andersen, Soren Flensted Lassen, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Lene Lange, Ruby Ilum Nielsen, Shinobu Takagi, Michiko Ihara
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Patent number: 8592359Abstract: A hydrolytic enzyme is stabilized in a liquid surfactant preparation by using a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and includes a monosaccharide glycerate.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Petra Siegert, Marion Merkel, Hendrik Hellmuth, Timothy O'Connell, Karl-Heinz Maurer
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Patent number: 8569222Abstract: A laundry article used for cleaning fabrics includes 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 matrix.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Martina Hutmacher, Peter Schmiedel, Matthias Sunder, Ulrich Pegelow, Timothy O'Connell, Thomas Weber
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Patent number: 8541354Abstract: A solid laundry detergent composition having multiple catalysts and water-soluble electrolyte, wherein the ratio of (i) the total reduction in activation energy in kilojoules per mole achieved by the catalysts to (ii) the electrolytic strength of the laundry detergent composition at a concentration of 1 g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 25° C. in mScm?1 laundry detergent composition is at least 300.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Mark Forrest, Colin Ure
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Patent number: 8535924Abstract: A granule with an allergenic component has reduced dust by including antifoam added during the production of the granule. The antifoam may be dispersed throughout the granule or added to one of the components of the granule. The granule with antifoam produces at least 30% less dust than a comparable granule produced according to a process in which no antifoam is added.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Douglas A. Dale, Thomas S. Green
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Patent number: 8524660Abstract: The invention relates to novel polyalkylene glycol compounds and methods of using them. In particular, compounds comprising a novel polyethylene glycol conjugate are used alone, or in combination with antiviral agents to treat a viral infection, such as chronic hepatitis C.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Biogen Idec MA Inc.Inventors: KoChung Lin, R. Blake Pepinsky, Ling Ling Chen, Donna M. Hess, Edward Y. Lin, Russell C. Petter, Darren P. Baker
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Publication number: 20130225466Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting alterations relative to the parent subtilase in one or more properties including: Wash performance, thermal stability, storage stability or catalytic activity. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dishwash compositions, including automatic dishwash compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventor: Novozymes A/S
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Publication number: 20130203644Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating textiles and hard surfaces with compositions having specific lipases are described. The compositions have increased stability to oxidative degradation in particular due to bleach catalysts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYInventor: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent number: 8497109Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase II activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Wenping Wu, Lene Lange, Dominique Aubert Skovlund, Ye Liu
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Publication number: 20130184194Abstract: The invention provides a benefit agent delivery particle comprising hydroxylpropyl cellulose. The benefit agent delivery particle may further comprise a non-polysaccharide polymer, preferably an aminoplast polymer. The benefit agent delivery particle may comprise a perfume. The invention also provides a process for the manufacture of the particles in which perfume oil is encapsulated using emulsion polymerization to form core-shell particles, (in the alternative the perfume may be adsorbed later) and, a further polymer layer is formed on the outer surface of the core shell-particles in the presence of the delivery aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Inventors: Honggang Chen, Paul Ferguson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, David Richard Arthur Mealing, Xiaoyun Pan, Jinfang Wang
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Patent number: 8465957Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased stability at high temperatures (relative to the parent). The invention also relates to a DNA construct comprising a DNA sequence encoding an alpha-amylase variant of the invention, a recombinant expression vector which carries a DNA construct of the invention, a cell which is transformed with a DNA construct of the invention, the use of an alpha-amylase variant of the invention for washing and/or dishwashing, textile desizing, starch liquefaction, a detergent additive comprising an alpha-amylase variant of the invention, a manual or automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising an alpha-amylase variant of the invention, a method for generating a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant exhibits increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Allan Svendsen, Soren Kjaerulff, Henrik Bisgaard-Frantzen, Carsten Andersen
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Publication number: 20130150278Abstract: The present invention is to a detergent composition comprising an anionic surfactant system, wherein the anionic surfactant system comprises; i) An alkyl sulfate surfactant of formula R1—O—SO3?M+, with R1 being a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, optionally alkoxylated, C10-C16 alkyl and with M+ being a proton or a cation which provides charge neutrality, and ii) A linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C10-C16 alcohol ethoxylate sulfate surfactant having an average degree of ethoxylation of from 0.5 to 3 having a proton or a cation which provides charge neutrality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Euan John Magennis, Kerry Louise Swabey
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Patent number: 8450263Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising selected deposition polymers for improved deposition of fabric care benefit agents, such as organosilicones, polyolefin dispersions, polymer latexes, microencapsulated fabric care actives, onto fabrics through the laundering operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Mark Robert Sivik, Robert Joe McChain, Susan Eileen Buescher, Timothy Michael Rothgeb, Connie Lynn Sheets, Paul Francis Kindel
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Patent number: RE44648Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one perhydrolase enzyme for cleaning and other applications. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for generation of long chain peracids. Certain embodiments of the present invention find particular use in applications involving cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Neelam S. Amin, Richard R. Bott, Marguerite A. Cervin, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Walter Weyler