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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120045822 | Cleaning System Comprising An Alpha-Amylase And A Protease Described are compositions and methods involving a Bacillus alpha-amylase and a protease. The compositions and methods are especially effective for cold water cleaning applications.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040412 | AMYLASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases to catalyze... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036599 | NOVEL FUNGAL ENZYMES This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and me... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030838 | NOVEL FUNGAL ENZYMES This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and me... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120021489 | MICROBIAL ENZYMES AS DETERGENT ADDITIVES Provided in part herein are compositions that include isolated microbial enzymes, such as amylases, lipases, and proteases that are useful as detergent additives. Also provided are methods of isolating amylases, lipases, and proteases from microbes, as well as methods o... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120003718 | Protease Comprising One Or More Combinable Mutations The present invention provides engineered protease variants. In particular, the protease variants comprise combinable mutations at selected surface positions that affect the charge and/or hydrophobicity of the enzyme to enhance at least one desired property of the resul... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110312064 | METHODS OF REMOVING OILY STAINS FROM FABRICS Described are compositions and methods for removing oily stains from fabrics by treating the fabrics with cyclodextrins. Cyclodextrins can be added to the fabrics or generated in situ by converting a substrate of starch or dextrin with cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransfera... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110294166 | THERMOSTABLE ENZYMES FOR THE HYDROLYSIS OF MANNAN-CONTAINING POLYSACCHARIDES The present disclosure relates to hydrolysis of mannan-containing poly- or oligo-saccharides by use of a polypeptide having endo-β-mannanase activity. In particular the present disclosure relates to compositions comprising a bacterial endo-β-mannanase, polynucleotides... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110281303 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING ACETYL XYLAN ESTERASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetyl xylan esterase 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 ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281324 | Enzymes With Lipase Activity Described are detergent compositions comprising at least one lipase enzyme selected from SriII, ScoIIA, ScoIIB, CefII, and variants, thereof. The compositions are useful for removing oily stains from fabric.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281328 | Compositions and Methods Comprising A Subtilisin Variant The present invention provides a Bacillus sp. subtilisin variant. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising this serine protease variant. In some embodiments, the present invention provides laundry and other non-automatic (i.e., hand) di... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110269213 | Fungal Endoglucanases, Their Production and Use Novel fungal endoglucanases Cel5 and Cel2 are disclosed. The endoglucanases are conveniently produced by recombinant technology, and means for their production are described. The endoglucanases are used for treating cellulosic material, especially in textile industry, e... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269212 | Fungal Endoglucanases, Their Production and Use Novel fungal endoglucanases with substantial performance at low temperatures are disclosed. The endoglucanases are conveniently produced by recombinant technology, and means for their production are described. The endoglucanases are used for treating cellulosic material... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269210 | ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS WITH ALTERED PROPERTIES Disclosed are compositions comprising variants of alpha-amylase that have alpha-amylase activity and that exhibit altered properties relative to a parent AmyS-like alpha-amylase from which they are derived. The compositions generally comprise at least one of an addition... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110256610 | Compositions And Methods Comprising Variant Microbial Proteases The present invention provides variant subtilisins and compositions comprising at least one variant subtilisin set forth herein, as well as methods for using these variants and compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides variant proteases suitable ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110256609 | Compositions And Methods Comprising Variant Microbial Proteases The present invention provides variant subtilisins and compositions comprising at least one variant subtilisin set forth herein, as well as methods for using these variants and compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides variant subtilisins suitabl... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251073 | Compositions And Methods Comprising Variant Microbial Proteases The present invention provides methods for protein engineering. Specifically, the invention provides methods utilizing site evaluation libraries to design libraries that optimize two or more properties of a protein. The present invention also provides variant subtilisin... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110183401 | Kappa-Carrageenase And Kappa-Carrageenase-Containing Compositions The present invention provides cleaning compositions comprising at least one carrageenase enzyme, methods for producing carrageenase enzymes in host cells, host cells comprising recombinant polynucleotides encoding at least one carrageenase, and recombinant polynucleoti... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110171693 | AMYLASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amyla... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110171694 | Alpha-Amylase Mutants with Altered Properties The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits altered stability, in particular at high temperatures and/or at low pH relative, and/or low Ca2+ to the parent al... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110146000 | METHOD OF REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF OIL-SOAKED ARTICLES A method of reducing the occurrence of spontaneous combustion of oil-stained articles is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing an article previously contacted with oil, the oil comprising at least one cis-configured double bond in the fatty acid, provid... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110104786 | USE AND PRODUCTION OF NEUTRAL METALLOPROTEASES IN A SERINE PROTEASE-FREE BACKGROUND The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one neutral metalloprotease enzyme in the relative absence of serine protease enzyme contaminants. In some embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease finds use in cleaning and other applications. ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110097778 | CHIMERIC ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS Chimeric alpha amylases having the characteristics of high thermostability and good performance in starch degradation, especially high-temperature liquefaction processes, are provided. The alpha-amylases are chimeras of AmyL and AmyS enzymes, and are useful in starch de... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110081711 | Streptomyces Protease Certain aspects of this disclosure relate to an isolated protease, and cleaning compositions containing the same. In some embodiments, the protease may comprise an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to the wild type Streptomyces 1AG3 protease. Iso... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110081454 | USE AND PRODUCTION OF CITRATE-STABLE NEUTRAL METALLOPROTEASES The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one neutral metalloprotease enzyme that has improved stability in the presence of a metal chelator. In some embodiments, the neutral metalloprotease finds use in cleaning and other applications ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110033575 | PSEUDOMONAS SACCHAROPHILA G4-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND USES THEREOF Pseudomonas saccharophila G4-forming amylase (PS4) variants, and nucleic acids encoding these, and their uses in producing food products and in an enzyme-catalyzed high temperature liquefaction step to produce ethanol from starch, e.g., cornstarch are provided.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033882 | VARIANTS OF THE BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS ALPHA-AMYLASE Variants of B. licheniformis alpha-amylase advantageously exhibit improved enzymatic performance. Suitable variants include those with an altered charge distribution on the surface of the enzyme or with altered active site residues. Structural modeling can inform... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110027252 | Variants of An Alpha-Amylase with Improved Production Levels in Fermentation Processes 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 b... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100304469 | THE METHOD OF DEGUMMING JUTE FIBRES WITH COMPLEX ENZYME (2) A method of degumming jute fibres with complex enzyme, wherein said complex enzyme comprises pectinase and laccase, comprises the steps of: a. Soaking the jute fibres in said complex enzyme water solution, wherein the weight proportion of said complex enzyme water solut... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100278970 | TRICHODERMA REESEI ALPHA-AMYLASE ENHANCES SACCHARIFICATION OF CORN STARCH A maltogenic α-amylase from Trichoderma reesei (TrAA) and variants thereof in the presence of a glucoamylase are useful in the production of high-glucose syrups from liquefied starch, where the high-glucose syrups produced thereby contain at least about 97% gluc... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100209985 | NOVEL ESTERASES AND THEIR USE The present invention relates to polyesterases having cutinase and/or suberinase activity obtainable from Coprinus and Trichoderma. The invention further relates to a method for producing the polyesterases, and to polynucleotides, vectors and host cells us... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100203314 | PROCESSED FIBER PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF A processed fiber product having excellent strength, water-absorbability and washing durability can be produced by attaching a partially hydrolyzed product of a wheat protein to a fiber and then allowing a transglutaminase to act on the fiber.... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100196954 | Modified Endoglucanase II and Methods of Use Described herein is a modified EGII cellulase having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, compositions comprising the modified EGII and methods of use.... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100055768 | CLEANING AND/OR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS This invention relates to compositions comprising certain peroxidases and processes for making and using such compositions including the use of such compositions to clean and/or treat a situs, for example fabrics and surfaces. Such compositions provide enhanced cleaning... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100047392 | Enzymes Having Alpha Amylase Activity and Methods of Making and Using Them 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 a... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100003365 | Cloning, expression and use of acid phospholipases The invention relates to a DNA sequence that encodes a polypeptide with phospholipase activity and was isolated from Aspergillus and sequences derived therefrom, polypeptides with phospholipase activity encoded by these sequences as well as the use of these polypeptides... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090324574 | Esterases and Related Nucleic Acids and Methods The invention provides hydrolases, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity, e.g., an esterase, acylase, li... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090317893 | DESIZING PROCESS A process for desizing of a sized fabric containing starch or starch derivatives during manufacture of a fabric, which process comprises incubating said sized fabric in an aqueous treating solution having a pH in the range between 1 and 5 which aqueous treating solution... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090311751 | Wood-rotting basidiomycetes for production of ligninolytic enzymes The invention relates to the production of ligninolytic enzymes, laccase and manganese peroxidase, from certain white-rot basidiomycetes fungi, using highly efficient fermentation techniques. The aim of this invention is to create a novel economically and time-effective... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090297495 | HYDROLASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PAPER STRENGTH The invention provides hydrolases, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity, e.g., an esterase, acylase, li... | 12/03/2009 |
