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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marcel van der Helm, Vlaardingen, NL;
Monique van der Heiden, Vlaardingen, NL;
Dirk Herman Hondmann, Rotterdam, NL;
Annelies Smits, Vlaardingen, NL;
Ton Swarthoff, Vlaardingen, NL;
Cornelis Theodorus Verrips, Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ; D06L / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
510320 ; 510305 ; 510392 ; 510530 ; 8111 ;
Abstract
There is provided an enzymatic bleach composition comprising one or more surfactants and an enzyme of extracellular origin, capable of oxidizing substrates by the build-in of one or more oxygen atoms into the substrate using molecular oxygen, in particular a dioxygenase from extracellular origin, and a process for bleaching stains present on fabrics comprising treating the stained fabrics with said composition.