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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jason Patrick McDevitt, Wake Forrest, NC (US);
Xianghong Caroline Shi, Wake Forrest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Novo Nordisk Biochem North America, Inc., Franklinton, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M / ; D06M / ; D06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81281 ; 8 9414 ; 81275 ; 812751 ; 435263 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating wool, wool fibers or animal hair an alkali-containing alcohol solution, followed by a proteolytic enzyme in aqueous solution. The described method results in improved shrink-resistance, and may result in improvements in handle, appearance, wettability, reduction of felting tendency, increased whiteness, reduction of pilling, improved softness, improved tensile strength, and improved dyeing characteristics such as dye uptake and dye washfastness.