Enzyme Component Of Specific Activity Or Source (e.g., Protease, Of Bacterial Origin, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/392)
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Publication number: 20130071913Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of alpha-amylase variants having improved activity relative to the parent enzyme at low temperature, including improved washing and/or dishwashing performance and/or increased stability at low temperature. The invention further relates a method for doing laundry, dish wash and/or cleaning such as institutional cleaning and to compositions for use at low temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Carsten Andersen, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier, Jens Obro
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Patent number: 8399396Abstract: Detergent compositions containing catechols, such as Tiron (1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulfonic acid), which do not have or do not develop the reddish color associated with the catechol/ferric iron chelate are disclosed. Methods for reducing the intensity of red color in a Tiron (1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulfonic acid) containing detergent composition are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robb Richard Gardner, Allison Lynn Gerdes, Jeffrey Anderson Seeley
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Publication number: 20130059315Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of constructing a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and at least one altered property as compared to the parent alpha-amylase, comprises i) analyzing the structure of the parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase to identify at least one amino acid residue or at least one structural part of the Termamyl-like alpha-amylase structure, which amino acid residue or structural part is believed to be of relevance for altering the property of the parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase (as evaluated on the basis of structural or functional considerations), ii) constructing a Termamyl-like alpha-amylase variant, which as compared to the parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, has been modified in the amino acid residue or structural part identified in i) so as to alter the property, and, optionally, iii) testing the resulting Termamyl-like alpha-amylase variant with respect to the property in question.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventor: Novozymes A/S
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Patent number: 8389459Abstract: A composition including the fermentation supernatant from a fermentation of yeast is intended to be conveniently introduced through the wastewater plumbing system of a private home or other facility into a septic system servicing the home or other facility to substantially accelerate the ability of the bacteria resident in the septic system to substantially digest biologically available organic compounds present in the septic system, and methods of accomplishing the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Advanced Biocatalytics CorporationInventors: John W. Baldridge, Carl W. Podella
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Publication number: 20130053294Abstract: A concentrated bioenzymatic cleaning product is provided which maintains a homogenous composition under static conditions and does not require shaking or mixing prior to dilution. The concentrated bioenzymatic cleaning product includes bacillus spores, a suspending and/or rheology modifying agent, an odor control agent, a pH adjuster, and water. The types and amounts of ingredients are selected to maintain the bacillus spores in suspension under static conditions, enabling the concentrated bioenzymatic cleaning product to be diluted using a proportioner system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Cooper, Jonathan A. Long
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Patent number: 8383385Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.Inventors: Sarah Teter, Connie Ward, Joel Cherry, Aubrey Jones, Paul Harris, Jung Yi
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Patent number: 8383097Abstract: The present invention relates to bacteria cultures and composition comprising one or more cultures of the invention. The invention also relates to methods of washing or cleaning laundry or fabrics and surfaces as well as degrading waste material using a bacteria culture of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Novozymes Biologicals, IncInventor: Michael Eric Frodyma
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Patent number: 8377675Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.Inventors: Suzanne Otani, Debbie Yaver, Haiyan Ge, Janine Lin, Christopher Amolo, Kim Borch, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Michael Lamsa, Barbara Cherry
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Publication number: 20130040872Abstract: The stability of enzymes in a powder detergent can be very significantly improved by the combination of four measures: Addition of reducing agent/peroxide decomposing catalyst/antioxidant to the core or the coating; Addition of a multivalent cation to the core; Addition of an acidic buffer to the core or to the coating; Applying a salt coating onto the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Flemming Borup, Morten Mohr Hansen, Poul Bach, Ole Simonsen
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Publication number: 20130034890Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventor: Novozymes A/S
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Patent number: 8367598Abstract: 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: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: 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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Patent number: 8367599Abstract: This invention is directed to a water soluble sachet comprising a detergent composition having a discrete particle that enhances cleaning in a dishwashing machine. The water soluble sachet unexpectedly results in excellent cleaning properties and minimizes spot and film formation on items being cleaned in a dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Natasha Pfeiffer, Naresh Dhirajlal Ghatlia, Isaac Israel Secemski
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Patent number: 8361239Abstract: A hand dishwashing detergent composition comprising a humectant, and a pearlescent agent to provide superior grease cleaning and hand mildness.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Robby Renilde François Keuleers, Bahar Koyuncu, Tania Patricia Maddox, Fred Courbois
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Patent number: 8354366Abstract: A cleaning product in the form of a single or multi-compartment water-soluble pack comprising a cleaning composition and enveloping material, wherein at least one compartment contains an aqueous cleaning composition or an aqueous auxiliary composition enveloped by a warm water soluble material and wherein the aqueous cleaning or auxiliary composition comprises more than 15% by weight of the aqueous composition of free water.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Frank William Denome, Jose David Baez Chavez
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Publication number: 20130000055Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase and methods of treating surfaces such as textiles with aqueous liquor comprising such compositions, especially at low temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Michelle Jackson, Philip Frank Souter, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Svend Kaasgaard, Jens Oebro, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Michael Skjoet, Carsten Andersen, Lars Beier, Esben Peter Friis, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Liv Spaangner Christiansen
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Publication number: 20130005637Abstract: Proteases encompassing an amino acid sequence that is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1 over its entire length, and exhibit the amino acid substitution I21V in the count in accordance with SEQ ID NO. 1, resp. agents that encompass such proteases, display very good cleaning performance on protease-sensitive stains.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Petra Siegert, Ulrich Schwaneberg, Ronny Martinez, Marion Merkel, Astrid Spitz, Susanne Wieland, Hendrik Hellmuth, Karl-Heinz Maurer
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Publication number: 20120322715Abstract: The storage stability of a serine hydrolase acting on ester bonds in a formulation without a protease can be improved by incorporating a serine protease inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Tomas Tage Hansen, Esben Peter Friis
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Publication number: 20120322708Abstract: Compositions including bleach components and sensitive components providing a means for separating and therefore protecting sensitive components. The sensitive component is introduced via a protected particle including a substrate for an enzyme also present in the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Neil Joseph LANT, Philip Frank Souter, Ole Simonsen, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Luise Erlandsen
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Patent number: 8334118Abstract: The invention relates to alpha amylases and to polynucleotides and polypeptides encoding the alpha amylases. In addition, methods of using the alpha amylases are also provided. The alpha amylases have increased activity and stability at acidic, neutral and alkaline pH and at increased temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Verenium CorporationInventors: Walter Callen, Toby Richardson, Gerhard Frey, Jay M. Short, Eric J. Mathur, Kevin A. Gray, Janne S. Kerovuo, Malgorzata Slupska
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Publication number: 20120309664Abstract: The present invention generally relates to particulate compositions and methods for making the compositions. It specifically relates to improved spray drying methods that substantially reduce the production of small particles that pose industrial hygiene concerns for factory workers and product consumers. In a composition aspect, the present invention provides an atomized aqueous composition. The composition is formed using a spray-drying apparatus. It includes 0.001 to 0.10 weight percent of a polymer, which is selected from a group consisting of a cellulose-based polymer, a gum, and a synthetic polymer. It further includes at least one polypeptide, which is present in the aqueous composition at a concentration greater than 0.01 weight percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Herbert B. Scher, Deborah S. Winetzky, Nathaniel T. Becker, Kathleen A. Clarkson, Mark S. Gebert, Troels N. Gravesen, Michael Partsuf
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Publication number: 20120289450Abstract: The present invention relates to cellulase variants, i.e., endo-beta-1,4-glucanase variants, derived from a parental cellulase, i.e., endo-beta-1,4-glucanase, by substitution, insertion and/or deletion, which variant has a catalytic core domain, in which the variant at position 5 holds an alanine residue (A), a serine residue (S), or a threonine residue (T); at position 8 holds a phenylalanine residue (F), or a tyrosine residue (Y); at position 9 holds a phenylalanine residue (F), a tryptophan residue (W), or a tyrosine residue (Y); at position 10 holds an aspartic acid residue (D); and at position 121 holds an aspartic acid residue (D).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Kim Vilbour Andersen, Martin Schülein, Lars Christiansen, Bo Damgaard, Claus Von der Osten
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Publication number: 20120288490Abstract: The present invention relates to variant lysozymes. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variant lysozymes and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotide.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventor: Leonardo De Maria
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Patent number: 8309338Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase 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: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Katja Salomon Johansen, Keith Gibson, Preben Nielsen, Helle Outtrup
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Publication number: 20120282672Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to the parent alpha-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage pattern, thermal stability, pH/activity profile, pH/stability profile, stability towards oxidation, Ca2+ dependency and specific activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen
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Publication number: 20120282658Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Carsten Andersen, Randall Deinhammer, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Miguel Duarte Toscano, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Lars L.H. Christensen
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Publication number: 20120283164Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, and Termamyl-like alpha-amylases comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased thermostability at acidic pH and/or at low Ca2+ concentrations (relative to the parent).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen, Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Vibeke Skovgaard Neilsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard
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Publication number: 20120276078Abstract: A thermostable glycosidase enzymes derived from various Thermococcus, Staphylothermus and Pyrococcus organisms is disclosed. The enzymes are produced from native or recombinant host cells and can be utilized in the food processing industry, pharmaceutical industry and in the textile industry, detergent industry and in the baking industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Bylina, Ronald Swanson, Eric Mathur, David E. Lam
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Publication number: 20120277138Abstract: The present invention includes a consumer product packet comprising a capsule and a fill composition within the capsule. The capsule has a tack temperature of about 110° F. or higher and substantially dissolves in water within a predetermined time period at a temperature of about 70° F. or lower. In one example, the capsule comprises a film having at least one polymer, at least one plasticizer, and at least one temperature adjusting agent. Dependent on the fill composition, the consumer product packet may be used for any household or personal use. In one example, the fill composition is a detergent concentrate comprises one or more surfactants, one or more humectants, and a coalescing solvent which has hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value from about 7 to about 9, wherein the ratio of the one or more humectants to the coalescing solvent is more than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: METHOD PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Fred Holzhauer, Kaj Johnson, Mike Ratko
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Patent number: 8299010Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazolium dyes, laundry care compositions comprising one or more thiazolium dyes, processes of making such dyes and laundry care compositions and methods of using same. The dyes, compositions and methods of the present invention are advantageous in providing improved hueing of fabric, including whitening of white fabric, while avoiding significant build up of bluing dyes on the fabric.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Mu-ill Lim, Manuela Javet, Cecile Pasquier, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Michael David Cummings, Donna D'Angelo Morrall, Kevin Lee Kott, Keith Homer Baker, Eduardo Torres, Laurent D Keiken, Patrick D Moore, Dominick J Valenti, Robert L Mahaffey
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Publication number: 20120270267Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants and nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen
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Patent number: 8293697Abstract: Fluid detergent compositions comprising from about 0.01% to about 1% by weight of an external structurant comprising dibenzylidene sorbitol acetal derivatives for providing desired rheological benefits such as product thickening, shear thinning behavior, as well as particle suspension capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett St. Laurent, Myriam Bouilliche, Dennis Allen Beckholt, Sohan Rajpanth Murthy, Mario Elmen Tremblay
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Publication number: 20120264176Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylases, nucleic acids encoding the alpha-amylases, methods of producing the alpha-amylases, and methods of using the alpha-amylases.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen
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Publication number: 20120264171Abstract: 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: January 4, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventor: Carsten Andersen
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Publication number: 20120258900Abstract: The present compositions and methods relate to a lipase cloned from Bacillus subtilis, polynucleotides encoding the lipase, and methods of use thereof. The compositions and methods have particular application in detergent cleaning compositions and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Danisco US Inc.Inventors: Christian Adams, Brian Schmidt
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Publication number: 20120258497Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants and nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen
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Patent number: 8283149Abstract: The present invention relates to a new wild-type lipase, its nucleic acid sequences and the amino acid sequences thereof. This new lipase shows washing performance in the form of wild-type. The present invention also relates to the method for producing the lipase and the uses of the lipase in baking.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: XiaoMei Niu, Ye Liu, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Signe Munk
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Publication number: 20120251477Abstract: A gel carrier for releasing active ingredients is formed from a co-polymer blend and an active ingredient blend. The co-polymer blend and active ingredient blend are combined and allowed to cool to a desired temperature. When the gel carrier floats in, is immersed, or is exposed to water-based materials, active ingredients are leached out of the gel carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Environmentally Sensitive Solutions, Inc. (a Wisconsin corporation)Inventor: Matthew E. Pliszka
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Publication number: 20120240961Abstract: A cleaning product in the form of a single or multi-compartment water-soluble pack comprising a cleaning composition and enveloping material, wherein at least one compartment contains an aqueous cleaning composition or an aqueous auxiliary composition enveloped by a warm water soluble material and wherein the aqueous cleaning or auxiliary composition comprises more than 15% by weight of the aqueous composition of free water.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Frank William Denome, Jose David Baez Chavez
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Publication number: 20120237993Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I 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: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
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Publication number: 20120220513Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of glycosyl hydrolase family 61 polypeptides as enhancers of enzyme benefits in detergents as well as a detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase family 61 polypeptides in combination with detergency enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Marie Allesen-Holm, Lars Anderson, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Paul Harris
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Patent number: 8252736Abstract: An alkaline cleaning composition for use in aqueous medium comprising nanoparticles or a nanoparticles precursor and a polymeric nanoparticle stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Weihua Lan, Dan Xu, Alberto Martinez-Becares, David William York
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Patent number: 8247364Abstract: 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: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: 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: 20120178148Abstract: A detergent composition comprising; a subtilisin variant having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO 1, and at least one additional ingredient selected from; i) bleaches selected from percarbonates, persulphates and organic peracids, ii) aminocarboxylates, or iii) sulphonated polymers, or iv) organophosphoric acids or salts thereof and mixtures thereof is provided. Also provided is a detergent composition comprising a subtilisin variant having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO 1, wherein, the detergent composition is at least partially enveloped in a water soluble or water dispersible package. The compositions exhibit good performance on proteinaceous stains, even when formulated at alkaline pHs. A method of removing proteinaceous stains from surfaces comprising such stains is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Lucia Krubasik, Frank Dierkes, Steffen Lingler, Jörg Pflug
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Publication number: 20120171754Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising enzymes and enzyme stabilizing agents. This is achieved by using an enzyme-stabilizing component which comprises a calcium compound with a bidentate ligand and a phenylboronic acid derivative. Enzyme-containing compositions comprising such an enzyme-stabilizing component are advantageously stable in storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Cornelius Bessler, Susanne Tondera, Sören Hölsken
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Publication number: 20120172280Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variant protease variants and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes, such as, in laundry and detergent compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Maria Norman Hockauf, Lars Beier, Astrid Benie
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Publication number: 20120165241Abstract: The present invention relates to enzymes produced by mutating the genes for a number of subtilases and expressing the mutated genes in suitable hosts are presented. The enzymes exhibit improved stability and/or improved wash performance in any detergent in comparison to their wild type parent enzymes. The enzymes are well-suited for use in any detergent and for some in especially liquid or solid shaped detergent compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicants: UNILEVER PLC, NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Laurens Nicolaas Sierkstra, Jan Klugkist, Peter Markvardsen, Claus von der Osten, Peter Bauditz
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Publication number: 20120148706Abstract: By combination of hydrophobic chromatography and strongly basic anion-exchange chromatography, a novel, highly hydrophobic ?-glucosidase was successfully identified from Acremonium cellulolyticus. Further, a gene corresponding to the identified ?-glucosidase was isolated. When multiple modifications were introduced into the base sequence of the gene, the gene was successfully expressed in Trichoderma viride at a high level, and the expression product successfully exhibited a high ?-glucosidase activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumikazu Yokoyama, Kengo Yokoyama, Nobuko Mazuka
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Publication number: 20120149624Abstract: 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 dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Henriette Draborg, Peter Kamp Hansen, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Mads Norregaard-Madsen, Mikael Mikkelsen
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Publication number: 20120149625Abstract: The addition of a protease inhibitor to a particulate protease-containing detergent composition can improve its detergency and the inhibitor can improve the in-wash stability of the protease in a solution of the detergent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Ole Simonsen, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Astid Benie
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Patent number: 8198062Abstract: Provided are hydrolases, including lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases, and polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Further provided are polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity, e.g., lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases and methods for preparing low saturate or low trans fat oils, such as low saturate or low trans fat animal or vegetable oils, e.g., soy or canola oils.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Timothy Hitchman, Christopher L. G. Dayton, Katie A. Kline, Jonathan Lyon, Mark Wall, Nelson R. Barton