Enzyme Component Of Specific Activity Or Source (e.g., Protease, Of Bacterial Origin, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/392)
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Publication number: 20030109406Abstract: The invention provides a storage stable, non-corrosive cleaning solution composition that includes an enzyme system that includes at least one protease and at least one amylase. The cleaning solution is preferably prepared and stored as a concentrate, and optionally also includes at least one nonionic surfactant, a water-miscible solvent system, water, a system of enzyme stabilizers that includes a boron compound, and one or more inhibitors of metal corrosion, wherein the non-enzyme components are compatible with the enzyme system, and are water-miscible.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Inventor: Edward M. Cooney
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Patent number: 6576599Abstract: A laundry and/or automatic dishwashing tablet including a core (10) formed by compressing a particulate material, wherein the particulate material includes a detersive surfactant and a builder. The core (10) is compressed into a tubular configuration having a polygonal cross section and a plurality of surfaces meeting to form a plurality of edges, thereby forming a contoured core (10), wherein at least one of the plurality of edges is chamfered (20). The non-particulate detergent product further includes a coating (12) which substantially covers the contoured core (10).Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2000Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Thomas Edward Stone
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Publication number: 20030100467Abstract: The present application relates to peptides which bind to a target stain, phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complexes wherein the binding peptide is attached to the C-terminus of the phenol oxidizing enzyme or is inserted or substituted into the phenol oxidizing enzyme. In a preferred embodiment the phenol oxidizing enzyme is a laccase specifically Stachybotrys oxidase B and variants thereof. The invention provides expression vectors comprising the phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complex as well as host cells comprising the vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2001Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: Wolfgang Aehle, Toby M. Baldwin, Franciscus J. C. van Gastel, Giselle G. Janssen, Christopher J. Murray, Huaming Wang, Deborah S. Winetzky
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Publication number: 20030100466Abstract: Liquid dishwashing detergent composition containing one or more amylase enzymes and a suds booster which exhibits excellent greasy soil removal performance and are either of a high pH of greater than about 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2001Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: Peter Robert Foley, Bruce Prentiss Murch
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Patent number: 6569827Abstract: A physically stable, concentrated isotropic liquid detergent composition comprises (a) from 10 to 70% of an anionic, nonionic, cationic, zwitterionic active detergent material or mixtures thereof, (b) from 0.0001 to 10% of protease; (c) from 2 to 40% of at least one carbohydrate selected from oligosaccharides, polysaccharides and derivatives thereof, wherein n=1-5, and (d) less than 3% of an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of alkalimetalsulphites, alkalimetalbisulphites, alkalimetabisulphites or alkalimetalthiosulphates.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Willem Robert Van Dijk, Theresia Maria Olsthoorn, Marja Ouwendijk, Johannes Cornelis van de Pas
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Publication number: 20030096723Abstract: The present invention relates to a Vibrio metscnikovii variants, more particularly to a biochemical characteristics of protease which is obtained from Vibrio metscnikovii variant strains such as Vibrio metschnikovii KS1, Vibrio metschnikovii KS1 transformed with pDSBCm, Vibrio metschnikovii KS1 transformed with pSBCm and Vibrio metschnikovii RH530 N-4-8 strain, the mother strain of Vibrio metschnikovii and to a detergent composition including the protease.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Ghee-Hong Jin, Sung-Hoo Jhon, Hyun-Hwan Lee, Hyune-Mo Rho
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Publication number: 20030096720Abstract: A composition for simultaneous cleaning and decontaminating a device. The composition is a per-compound oxidant in an amount effective for decontaminating the device and an enzyme in an amount effective for cleaning the device. The device may be a medical device such as an endoscope or kidney dialyzer and a plurality of devices can be cleaned using the same composition. The composition may additionally contain a corrosion inhibitor in an amount effective to prevent corrosion of a metal, a chelator, a buffer, a dye and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Applicant: Metrex Research CorporationInventors: Stanley William Huth, Zhi-Jian Yu
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Patent number: 6565613Abstract: A novel textile treatment composition is provided which comprises a builder which does not comprise a significant portion of zeolite. A novel detergent is provided which comprises the following ingredients: (a) 3-25% of water by weight; (b) 20-50% of an alcohol ethoxylate by weight; (c) 5-30% of soda ash by weight; (d) 20-50% of a phosphate type builder by weight; and (e) an alkaline cellulase. The detergent provides optimum conditions for the activity of the alkaline cellulase on the fabrics in the laundry.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1999Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventor: Deborah Winetzky
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Patent number: 6564813Abstract: A process is presented for cleaning fermentation or storage tanks with an enzyme-containing formulation containing one or more laccases, peroxidases, oxireductases, transferases, isomerases, lyases, and ligases or a mixture thereof. The process provides improved cleaning results, water consumption, and waste water pollution.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHGInventors: Marion Lengling, Harald Kluschanzoff
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Publication number: 20030089381Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cleaning composition comprising: (a) an enzyme in an amount effective to promote cleaning; (b) viable microorganisms in an amount effective to degrade and promote the degradation of organic materials; (c) a surfactant; and (d) an aqueous carrier; said cleaning composition maintaining at least 95% enzymatic activity at a pH range of from about 5.5 to about 13.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventor: James T. Manning
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Publication number: 20030084515Abstract: The present invention relates to variant EGIII cellulases that have improved stability and/or performance. The variant cellulases have replacements at sensitive residues to improve stability and/or performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Inventors: Timothy Fowler, Colin Mitchinson
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Publication number: 20030087788Abstract: The invention concerns water dispersible granulates comprising: at least a hydrophobic perfume (P), in the form of droplets, finely divided in and encapsulated by a water soluble or water dispersible solid organic matrix (MO) selected among: polypeptides (PP) of plant or synthetic origin; polyelectrolytes (PE) belonging to the family of weak polyacids; or their mixtures; and at least an emulsifying agent (AE) at the droplet/matrix interface. The invention also concerns a method, in two steps, for preparing said granulates, the first step consisting in preparing an emulsion in water comprising at least a hydrophobic perfume (P), at least an emulsifying agent (AE); and said water soluble or water dispersible organic matrix (MO), the second step consisting in drying said emulsion until a granulate is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Inventors: Giles Guerin, Mikel Morvan, Daniel Joubert
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Publication number: 20030087787Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid enzyme cleaning composition in which the enzyme is stable at alkaline pH and: at high concentration of boric acid salt; in the absence of sodium ion; and/or in the presence of water at concentrations of at least about 60 weight percent. The present enzyme cleaning composition typically yields superior soil (especially protein soil) removal properties. In an embodiment, the composition of the invention stabilizes the enzyme with potassium and/or alkanolamine borate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Steven Eugene Lentsch, Jaclyn Tilleskjor
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Publication number: 20030078179Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising a protease variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Andre Cesar Baeck, Ryohei Ohtani, Alfred Busch, Michael Stanford Showell, Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Volker Schellenberger, James T. Kellis, Christian Paech, Joanne Nadherny, Donald P. Naki, Katherine D. Collier, Robert M. Caldwell
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Patent number: 6551358Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treatment of cellulosic material, as for example, knitted or woven cotton fabric, comprising the steps of preparing an aqueous enzyme solution comprising pectinase, treating the cellulosic material with an effective amount of the aqueous enzyme solution under alkaline scouring conditions; e.g., pH of 9 or above and a temperature of 50° C. or above, in a low calcium or calcium-free environment, yielding a modification of the cellulosic material such that exhibits an enhanced respond to a subsequent chemical treatment.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1999Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Carl Andrew Miller, Steen Skjold Jorgensen, Eric W. Otto, Niels K. Lange, Brian Condon, Jiyin Liu
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Publication number: 20030073222Abstract: Novel protease variants derived from the DNA sequences of naturally-occurring or recombinant non-human proteases are disclosed. The variant proteases, in general, are obtained by in vitro modification of a precursor DNA sequence encoding the naturally-occurring or recombinant protease to generate the substitution of a plurality of amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of a precursor protease. Such variant proteases have properties which are different from those of the precursor protease, such as altered wash performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Volker Schellenberger, James T. Kellis, Christian Paech, Joanne Nadherny, Donald P. Naki, Katherine D. Collier, Robert M. Caldwell, Andre C. Baeck
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Patent number: 6544941Abstract: A dishwashing composition for removing protein soils is described. The dishwashing composition has a serine protease and a metallo-protease and displays protein soil removal when applied to soiled utensils in domestic, industrial and hand dishwashing cleaning applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Christine Marie Nixon Lee, Naresh Dhirajlal Ghatlia
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Publication number: 20030064908Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent &agr;-amylase, which parent &agr;-amylase (i) has an amino acid sequence selected from the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, and SEQ ID No.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen, Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert
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Publication number: 20030064907Abstract: There is provided a detergent composition containing: (a) a water-soluble builder, and (b) an enzyme, wherein a means is provided for delaying the release to a wash solution of said enzyme relative to the release of said water-soluble builder. A pretreat wash method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 1996Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventors: JANICE JEFFREY, JOHN S. PARK, BARRY STODDART
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Publication number: 20030064909Abstract: The present invention relates to laundry detergent and/or fabric care compositions comprising a transferase, preferably an alkaline transferase, wherein when said transferase is a xyloglucan transferase, said xyloglucan transferase exhibits greater transferase activity than hydrolytic activity and/or exhibits higher reaction rates for donor substrates with higher molecular weight than for donor substrates with lower molecular weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mary Vjayarani Barnabas, Andre Cesar Baeck, Michael Stanford Showell, Johan Smets, Andre Christian Convents, Bruno Albert Jean Hubesch, Christian Leo Marie Vermote
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Patent number: 6541438Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified enzyme which comprises a catalytically active amino acid sequence of a cellulolytic enzyme linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a Cellulose Binding Domain (CBD) having a relative binding constant (Kr-a) for binding to amorphous cellulose higher than 2.4 l/gcellulose, preferably higher than 3.5 l/gcellulose, more preferably higher than 4 l/gcellulose, for selective binding and hydrolysis of amorphous cellulose of cotton containing fabrics in a laundry and/or fabric care application. The present invention further relates to laundry detergent and/or fabric care compositions comprising this modified enzyme.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Johan Smets, Alfred Busch, André Cesar Baeck, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Stanton Lane Boyer
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Patent number: 6534462Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent and pretreatment containing at least one enzyme that is activated upon dilution with water. Upon dilution, the detergent transforms from a watery liquid to a viscous gel. This gel is capable of remaining in place on the garment. The enzyme and surfactants in the formulation work to penetrate and loosen stains so that they are more easily and thoroughly removed during laundering.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Access Business Group International LLCInventors: Robert W. Hamilton, Teresa M. MacLachlan
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Patent number: 6534466Abstract: The present invention provides low-density compositions, as well as particulates formed, at least in part, from such compositions. Preferred low-density materials include, for example, hollowspheres, low-density minerals, and low-density wood materials (e.g., sawdust). The low-density compositions of the invention can be formed as particulates, or cores, suitable for use in forming enzyme granules, e.g., marums, layered granules, prills, drum granules, agglomerated granules, or the like. Granules are disclosed having advantageous properties, e.g., low dusting, storage stable, fast enzyme-release profile, low true density, etc. The granules of the invention are especially useful, for example, in liquid detergents and cleaners, such as predominantly aqueous, liquid laundry detergents. In one embodiment, granules are provided having a true, or volumetric, density within a range of from about 0.95 to about 1.4 g/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2000Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventor: Robert I. Christensen, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030050211Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic detergent composition which comprises:Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Hage, Jan Klugkist, Ton Swarthoff, Patrick Van Der Waal, Eric Charles Ehrnsperger, MyongSuk Bae-Lee
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Patent number: 6530386Abstract: A method for cleaning returnable bottles and similar containers used in the food industry. The method uses an enzymatic solution during the cleaning process. The cleaning results are at least as good as conventional methods, without requiring an increase in the duration of cleaning. The method substantially reduces bottle corrosion and waste water pollution compared to conventional methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Assignee: Henkel Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHGInventors: Siegfried Bragulla, Brian Glanville, Andreas Potthoff, Harald Kluschanzoff, Alfred Laufenberg
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Patent number: 6531439Abstract: Surfactant combinations containing C12-18 alkyl sulfates wherein less than 10% by weight of the C12-18 alkyl sulfates, based on the C12-18 alkyl sulfates, have carbon chains with fewer than 14 carbon atoms and C9-13 alkyl benzenesulfonates in a weight ratio of 1:10 to 10:1. The combinations are useful in powder and granular as well as liquid washing and cleaning detergents.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2000Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Georg Meine, Andreas Syldath, Dieter Nickel, Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum, Dagmar Zaika, Ansgar Behler, Hans-Christian Raths, Peter Sandkuehler
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Cleaning compositions containing plant cell wall degrading enzymes and their use in cleaning methods
Publication number: 20030040454Abstract: Novel cleaning compositions comprising cell wall degrading enzymes are disclosed having pectinases and/or hemicellulases and optionally cellulases. The compositions are particularly suitable for removing stains of vegetable origin, especially from textiles. Although compositions having only one type of such enzymes are part of the invention (excluding cellulases alone), preferred embodiments have a mixture of cell wall degrading enzyme activities to allow for a concerted action against the fibrous mass which usually constitutes a stain of vegetable origin.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2001Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Roelck A. Cuperus, Margareta A. Herweijer, Albert J.J. Van Ooijen, Dick J. Van Schouwen -
Publication number: 20030040458Abstract: A solid detergent composition is provided including an effective amount of a cleaning agent to provide soil removal and a binding agent dispersed throughout the solid detergent composition. The binding agent comprises a result of mixing alkali metal carbonate, alkali metal bicarbonate, and water. The binding agent preferably includes alkali metal sesquicarbonate. A method for solidifying a detergent composition is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2001Publication date: February 27, 2003Applicant: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Keith E. Olson, Elizabeth A. Trinkle, James J. Tarara, Victor F. Man
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Publication number: 20030040455Abstract: The present invention provides a process for removal of excess disperse dye from printed or dyed textile material, comprising treatment with a rinse liquor comprising at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of enzymes exhibiting peroxidase activity or laccase activity, an oxidation agent, and at least one mediator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2001Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Caroline Shi, Henrik Lund, Uwe Vogt
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Patent number: 6525014Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning wipe which is a composite of bottom layer of fibers, a center detergent film layer and a top layer of fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Philip Gorlin, Josh Ghaim, Barbara Thomas, Karen Wisniewski
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Publication number: 20030027739Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2002Publication date: February 6, 2003Inventors: Douglas A. Dale, Thomas S. Green
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Publication number: 20030022807Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 5 of glycosyl hydrolases are derived from strains of Paenibacillus, especially from strains of Paenibacillus pabuli. The xyloglucanases show high performance in conventional liquid detergent compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2001Publication date: January 30, 2003Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Reinhard Wilting, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Martin Schulein, Hanne Dela
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Publication number: 20030008794Abstract: A rinse-aid composition having a bio-polypeptide is described. The rinse-aid composition unexpectedly results in dishware that does display improved starch soil removal and does not display starch buildup after multiple washes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: Diversey Lever, Inc.Inventor: Bingham Scott Jaynes
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Publication number: 20030008800Abstract: A method for reducing malodors in hydrotropes, such as alkyl aryl sulfonates, is provided that reduces and/or eliminates some or all of the detectable residual odoriferous compounds from hydrotropic compositions using a malodor treatment material, such as, for example, activated carbon. In one aspect of a preferred embodiment of the invention, a malodor treatment material enables the reduction and/or elimination of residual odoriferous compounds from hydrotropic compositions while keeping intact the active hydrotrope solids.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Inventor: E. Gary Myers
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Patent number: 6500211Abstract: The present invention relates to variant EGIII cellulases that have improved stability and/or performance. The variant cellulases have replacements at sensitive residues to improve stability and/or performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2002Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Fowler, Colin Mitchinson
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Publication number: 20020198126Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabric treatment. More specifically the invention relates to a convenient to carry fabric treatment applicator comprising a heat activatable compound such as a peroxide bleach, which can be advantageously used on clothes while they are worn. Claimed and described is a method for the application of a fabric treatment composition comprising a heat activatable compound such as a peroxide bleach onto a fabric whereby the temperature of the composition is raised with regard to the storage temperature. Further claimed is a fabric treatment applicator comprising a heat activatable compound and a flow interruption means, preferably a valve, to interrupt or allow the flow of the fabric treatment composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company Attention: Chief Patent CounselInventors: Ann Margaret Irvin, Katrien Andrea Tony Hellings, David Roy Sandbach, Jean Wevers
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Publication number: 20020198127Abstract: An aqueous liquid cleaning composition having a pH of at least 7, preferably from 7 to 11, more preferably from 7 to 10 and comprising from 1% to 90% by weight of surfactant, a proteolytic enzyme and a primary stabiliser therefor, the composition further comprising an organic substance which forms a complex with a transition metal, the complex being capable of catalysing bleaching of a substrate by atmospheric oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Arend Jan Adriaanse, Willem Robert Van Dijk, Ronald Hage, Marja Ouwendijk, Simon Marinus Veerman
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Publication number: 20020193275Abstract: The present invention provides low-density compositions, as well as particulates formed, at least in part, from such compositions. Preferred low-density materials include, for example, hollowspheres, low-density minerals, and low-density wood materials (e.g., sawdust). The low-density compositions of the invention can be formed as particulates, or cores, suitable for use in forming enzyme granules, e.g., marums, layered granules, prills, drum granules, agglomerated granules, or the like. Granules are disclosed having advantageous properties, e.g., low dusting, storage stable, fast enzyme-release profile, low true density, etc. The granules of the invention are especially useful, for example, in liquid detergents and cleaners, such as predominantly aqueous, liquid laundry detergents. In one embodiment, granules are provided having a true, or volumetric, density within a range of from about 0.95 to about 1.4 g/cm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventor: Robert I. Christensen
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Patent number: 6495136Abstract: Protease conjugates such as subtilisin conjugates are provided comprising a protease moiety and one or more addition moieties wherein the protease moiety has a modified amino acid sequence of a parent amino acid sequence. The parent amino acid sequence comprises a first epitope region, a second epitope region and a third epitope region, and the modified amino acid sequence comprises a substitution by a substituting amino acid at one or more positions in one or more of the epitope regions. When a substitution occurs in the first epitope region, the substitution occurs at one or more positions corresponding to positions 70-84 of subtilisin BPN′. When a substitution occurs in the second epitope region, the substitution occurs at one or more positions corresponding to positions 103-126 of subtilisin BPN′. When a substitution occurs in the third epitope region, the substitution occurs at one or more positions corresponding to positions 217-252 of subtilisin BPN′.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1998Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: David John Weisgerber, Donn Nelton Rubingh, Paul Elliott Correa
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Patent number: 6492316Abstract: Cleaning compositions, including laundry, dishwashing, hard surface and/or oral/dental compositions comprising a cytochrome, particularly cytochrome P450. Said compositions provide effective and efficient cleaning of colored and/or everyday body stains and/or soils and provide sanitization of the treated surfaces. When formulated into a laundry detergent composition, the present invention provides fabric realistic item cleaning and enhanced whitening.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ivan Maurice Alfons Jan Herbots, Alfred Busch
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Publication number: 20020183229Abstract: A germicide and disinfectant composition contains detergent and at least two enzymes adapted to cause lysis in glycoprotein in infectious agents. These germicidal and disinfectant compositions are used in conjunction with prepackaged wipes and kits that allows the user to remove liquid or dried contaminated material without coming into direct contact with the contaminated material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventor: Joseph J. Simpson
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Publication number: 20020183230Abstract: An aqueous liquid or gel type detergent composition comprises (a) from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight, boric acid; (b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, a polyhydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, mannitol, sorbitol, erythritol, glucose fructose, lactose, erythritol-1,4-anhydride, and mixtures thereof; and (c) an oxygen bleach resistant &agr;-amylase enzyme and (d) from about 5% to about 80% water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Brian Xiaoqing Song, Kenton Ray Lynde
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Publication number: 20020178509Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of reducing malodor in laundry, comprising contacting laundry with an enzyme having lysostaphin activity; and compositions comprising a surfactant and an enzyme having lysostaphin activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Charlotte Johansen, Signe Munk
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Publication number: 20020183226Abstract: An aqueous liquid or gel type detergent composition comprises boric acid or a boron compound, a polyhydroxy compound, and a relatively high level of calcium ion to stabilize a selected &agr;-amylase enzyme.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: Chandrika Kasturi, Mark Edward Wandstrat, Brian Xiaoqing Song
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Patent number: 6489279Abstract: Laundry or cleaning products comprising one or more enzymes exhibiting endoglucanase activity specific for xyloglucan, and methods for laundering fabrics and cleaning dishes and tableware with aqueous solutions containing an effective amount of one or more enzymes exhibiting endoglucanase activity specific for xyloglucan.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1999Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Andre Christian Convents, Rosa Laura Moese
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Publication number: 20020177541Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid enzyme cleaning composition in which the enzyme is stable in the presence of mixtures of carbonate and bicarbonate at alkaline pH, and methods employing this composition. The enzyme cleaning composition preferably employs weight ratios of carbonate and bicarbonate to stabilize one or more enzymes in a solid, a concentrate, and/or a use composition, and at temperatures higher than ambient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: James J. Tarara, Sally K. Swart, Tareasa Lynn Bradley, Reid Rabon, Denise Chandler
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Patent number: 6486113Abstract: The invention relates to a mutant &agr;-amylase having an amino acid sequence obtained by making deletion or replacement by another arbitrary amino acid residue of at least a methionine residue at the 202-position or a position homologous thereto among amino acid residues set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, which constitute a liquefying alkaline &agr;-amylase, a gene thereof, and a detergent composition comprising the mutant &agr;-amylase. The mutant &agr;-amylase has the optimum pH in an alkaline range, an excellent &agr;-amylase activity, and high and lasting resistance to oxidizing agents, and is hence particularly useful as a component of detergent compositions containing a bleaching agent and an oxidizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1999Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yuji Hatada, Kaori Ikawa, Susumu Ito, Kazuaki Igarashi, Hiroshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Araki, Katsuya Ozaki
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Patent number: 6486117Abstract: A detergent tablet comprising (a) a compressed solid body portion having at least one mold in said compressed solid body portion; (b) a non-compressed, gelatinous portion mounted in said at least one mold of said compressed solid body portion, said gelatinous portion comprising a thickening system and at least one detergent active; and wherein said non-compressed, gelatinous portion has either a yield strength of from about 5 to about 80 Pa, or has an average viscosity of from about 100 to about 12000 cP before said non-compressed, gelatinous portion is mounted in said at least one mold.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2000Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Donald Painter, Lynda Anne Speed, Xiaoqing Song, Peter Robert Foley, Sabine Ursula Metzger-Groom
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Publication number: 20020173441Abstract: The present invention relates to enzyme-containing granules comprising (a) an enzyme and (b) a core which intrinsically is capable of absorbing at least 5% w/w (based on the weight of the core) of water and to processes for the production of such granules comprises (a) contacting absorbent cores, capable of absorbing at least 5% w/w (based on the weight of the core) of water, with a liquid medium, such as an aqueous medium, containing an enzyme in dissolved and/or dispersed form, the amount of the liquid medium employed being such that substantially no attendant agglomeration of the resulting product occurs; and (b) at least partially removing volatile components of the liquid medium from the resulting product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Joao F. De Lima, Eder Manzini Bordin, Erik Kjaer Markussen, Kirsten Boegh Levring, Michael Bonde, Erik Marcussen, Grethe Saugmann
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Patent number: 6482628Abstract: Novel protease variants derived from the DNA sequences of naturally-occurring or recombinant non-human proteases are disclosed. The variant proteases, in general, are obtained by in vitro modification of a precursor DNA sequence encoding the naturally-occurring or recombinant protease to generate the substitution of a plurality of amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of a precursor protease. Such variant proteases have properties which are different from those of the precursor protease, such as altered wash performance. The substituted amino acid residue correspond to positions 62, 212, 230, 232, 252 and 257 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1998Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Ayrookaran J. Poulose, Volker Schellenberger, James T. Kellis, Jr., Christian Paech, Joanne Nadherny, Donald P. Naki, Katherine D. Collier, Robert M. Caldwell, Andre C. Baeck