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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gitte Budolfsen, Frederiksberg, DK;
Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Virum, DK;
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S Patents, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/900 ; C12P 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/900 ; C12P 1/904 ;
Abstract
A method for causing gelling or increase of viscosity of an aqueous medium containing a gellable polymeric material having substituents with phenolic hydroxy groups comprises adding an oxidase, particularly a laccase, to the aqueous medium.