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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101562 | Method for mechanical cleaning of textiles or solid objects utilizing an encapsulated enzyme Water-soluble detergents and enzymes are used for mechanically cleaning textiles or crockery. According to the invention, enzymes with a catalytic effect on typical stains are added to the washing or cleaning process, only for as long as their catalytic effect is de... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8044012 | Detergent composition for automatic dishwashing machines The present invention relates to a detergent composition for automatic dishwashing machines, containing (A) particles containing 0.05 to 10% by mass of (a) a polymer compound having a monomer unit with a cationic group and another monomer unit with an anionic group ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8008241 | Automatic dishwashing detergent composition An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a. at least 0.1 mg of active protease per gram of composition, wherein the protease is a variant of a protease that has at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7977295 | Method for mechanical cleaning of textiles or solid objects comprising encapsulated enzymes Water-soluble detergents and enzymes are used for mechanically cleaning textiles or crockery. According to the invention, enzymes with a catalytic effect on typical stains are added to the washing or cleaning process, only for as long as their catalytic effect is de... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7550420 | Enzymatic production of peracids using perhydrolytic enzymes A process is provided to produce a concentrated aqueous peracid solution in situ using at least one enzyme having perhydrolase activity in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (at a concentration of at least 500 mM) under neutral to acidic reaction conditions from suit... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7511005 | Lipolytic enzyme elip The present invention provides a novel nucleic acid sequence, designated ELIP, encoding a lipolytic enzyme and the corresponding encoded amino acid sequences. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7424891 | Detergents Combination products comprising packaging and two liquid cleansers or detergents A and B separated from each other in the packaging and having the following composition: A: 10% to 75% by weight of detergent builder(s), ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7396807 | Phospholipase The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7368419 | Dishwashing detergent containing glycerol hydroxyalkyl ethers Compositions comprising glycerol hydroxyalkyl and/or hydroxyalkenyl ethers, which correspond to the general formula: in which R1, R2 and R3, independently, represent a hydrogen atom or a sat... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7312062 | Lipolytic enzyme variants The substrate specificity of a lipolytic enzyme can be modified by making alterations to the amino acid sequence in a defined region of the lipolytic enzyme, so as to increase the level of a desired activity or to decrease the level of an undesired activity. Thus, t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7271139 | Lipolytic enzyme genes The inventors have isolated novel lipolytic enzyme genes with a high homology to the T. lanuginosus lipase gene and thus well suited for use in gene shuffling. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of generating genetic diversity into lipolytic enzymes... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267818 | Method for killing spores A method for killing or inactivating spores, by contacting the spores with a haloperoxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide and a source of iodide ions. The spores may additionally be contacted with a haloperoxidase enhancing agent. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255112 | Process of removing stains A process for removing colored stains from hydrophobic surfaces characterized in that the process involves the use of a formulation which comprises a salt of sulphophenyl alkyl carbonate is described. Also a process of removing color stains from a plastics material,... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256032 | Enzymes The present invention relates to novel cellulase enzymes, especially novel endoglucanases including endoglucanase fusion proteins, preparations and compositions containing these endoglucanase enzymes and fusion proteins, expression vectors, host cells and methods fo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7226770 | Lipolytic enzyme variant The properties of a fungal lipolytic enzyme can be altered by substituting amino acid residues corresponding to certain specified amino acid residues in the T. lanuginosus lipase. The altered property may be, e.g., an increased thermostability, an altered pH ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219484 | Process for preparing a laminated, thermoformed film A process for preparing a laminated, thermoformed film which comprises: a. blowing a film-forming composition to form a bubble; b. collapsing the bubble to form a film stack comprising a plurality of layers; and | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208310 | Proteases The present invention relates to proteases of high specific activity homologous to proteases derived from Nocardiopsis, and the production thereof by the wild-type, and in recombinant host cells including transgenic plants and non-human transgenic animals. Th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192911 | Nonaqueous 3 in 1 dishwasher products A machine dishwasher product comprising: a) 1 to 60% by weight of nonaqueous solvent(s), b) 0.1 to 70% by weight of copolymers of i) unsaturated carboxylic acids ii... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192757 | Subtilase variants The present invention relates to subtilase variants having a reduced tendency towards inhibition by substances present in eggs, such as trypsin inhibitor type IV-0. In particular, the variants comprise at least one additional amino acid residue between positions 42â... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183093 | Mannanases The present invention relates to mannanases comprising e.g., a sequence of amino acids 32–330 of SEQ ID NO: 2 or their homologues may be derived from e.g., Bacillus sp. I633, or may be encoded by polynucleotide molecules comprising a sequence of nucleotides... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172997 | Lipolytic enzyme variant The present invention relates to lipolytic enzyme variants with improved thermostability are obtained by substituting certain specified amino acid residues in a fungal lipolytic enzyme. The thermostable lipolytic enzyme variants are useful, e.g., for controlling pit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160709 | Phenol oxidizing enzymes Disclosed herein are novel phenol oxidizing enzymes naturally-produced by strains of the species Stachybotrys which possess a pH optima in the alkaline range and which are useful in modifying the color associated with dyes and colored compounds, as well as in... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153817 | Detergent tablet A machine cleaner tablet comprising from about 10 to about 75% of a limescale remover acid, from about 1 to about 20% of low foaming non-ionic surfactant, from about 0.5 to about 5% of a detergency enzyme and wherein the tablet has a pH measured as a 1% solution in ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153818 | Amylolytic enzyme extracted from sp. A 7-7 (DSM 12368) and washing and cleaning agents containing this novel amylolytic enzyme The invention relates to a novel amylolytic enzyme extracted from the micro-organism Bacillus sp. A7-7 (DSM 12368), to sufficiently similar proteins having an amylolytic function, to methods for the production thereof and to diverse fields of application for ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7105478 | Water-soluble container having at least two openings A water-soluble container containing a composition, the container comprising a member having at least two openings positioned on different sides of the member, each opening being closed by a film. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101698 | Alkaline protease The present invention relates to an alkaline protease having a prepro sequence, wherein the prepro sequence is a mutant sequence of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or higher homology to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID N... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094739 | Dishwasher machine detergents with low viscosity surfactants Machine dishwashing detergents comprising builder(s), surfactant(s), and optionally further ingredients, and furthermore 0.1 to 50% by weight of one or more nonionic surfactants which, in 80% strength by weight solution in distilled water, have a viscosity (Brookfie... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084102 | Perfumed detergent tablet A perfumed detergent tablet comprises a clay mineral compound and a heavy metal ion sequestrant. The clay mineral helps disperse the tablet in aqueous media and acts as a fabric softener for laundered fabrics. The perfume is free of Schiff bases, such as those forme... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7053032 | Machine dishwashing detergents containing surfactants with specific diffusion coefficients Machine dishwashing detergents which contain builder(s), surfactant(s), and optionally further ingredients, which comprise 0.1 to 50% by weight of one or more nonionic surfactants which, at a concentration of 0.01 g/l in distilled water, have a diffusion coefficient... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041628 | Aqueous 3 in 1 dishwasher products Liquid aqueous machine dishwasher products comprising a) 20 to 50% by weight of one or more water-soluble builder(s), b) 0.1 to 70% by weight of copolymers of i) unsaturated carboxylic ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033981 | Alkaline cellulase variants The present invention relates to alkaline cellulase variants having an amino acid sequence which exhibits at least 95% homology with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein said alkaline cellulase variant is mutated to include at least one substitution at (... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034170 | Manganese(IV) complex salts and their use as oxidation catalysts Manganese(IV) complex salts of formula [LMn(μ-O)3MnL]n[XM12O40]m, (I), wherein L is 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, X is P or Si, M is Mo or W, n is 2 or 3, and m is 1 or 2, with the provisos that (i) ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026276 | Machine dishwashing detergents containing surfactants with a low dynamic surface tension Machine dishwashing detergents containing builder(s), surfactant(s), and optionally further ingredients which comprise 0.1 to 50% by weight of one or more nonionic surfactants which, at a concentration of 0.1 g/l in distilled water, have a dynamic surface tension of... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7008911 | Non-surfactant solubilizing agent Compositions of the invention include: (a) a solvent at least partially immiscible in water; and (b) a solubilizing agent having a formula: where R is (C1–C7)alkyl, substituted (C1–C... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6992056 | Process for preparing detergent tablets having two or more regions A process for preparing a detergent tablet having two or more regions comprises the steps of: (a) compressing a particulate composition comprising a detergent active component to form a compressed region of the tablet having a recess; (b) delivering to the recess a ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6964944 | Chemically modified lipolytic enzyme Lipolytic enzymes are chemically modified by covalently linking one or more (particularly 1–3) hydrophobic groups to the enzyme molecule. The chemical modification improves the performance of the lipolytic enzyme, e.g., in baking or in detergents. ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6924260 | Method of reducing and preventing soil redeposition in an automatic dishwashing machine This invention relates to the use of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer comprising, in the form of polymerized units of at least one monomer compound bearing a quaternary ammonium (a) and at least one hydrophilic monomer (b) bearing a function of acidic ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921743 | Automatic dishwashing compositions containing a halogen dioxide salt and methods for use with electrochemical cells and/or electrolytic devices The present invention relates to automatic dishwashing detergent compositions and methods of using compositions comprising halogenated salts, phosphate and/or silicate in conjunction with electrolyzed water in automatic dishwashing appliances comprising an electroch... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6905868 | Proteases from gram-positive organisms The present invention relates to the identification of novel metallo-proteases (MP) in Gram-positive microorganisms. The present invention provides the nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for Bacillus MP. The present invention also provides host cells havin... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6894013 | Diols and polymeric glycols for improved dishwashing detergent compositions Disclosed are detergent compositions for hand dishwashing which, by incorporating certain organic solvents, results in a liquid dishwashing detergent composition that is not only a more effective cleaning agent, but also offers improved physical and enzymatic stabil... | 05/17/2005 |
