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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:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony G. Day, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott D. Power, San Bruno, CA (US);
Doreen Victoria, San Francisco, CA (US);
Deborah S. Winetzky, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genencor International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06Q 1/02 ; D06L 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06Q 1/02 ; D06L 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for bleaching a non-cotton cellulosic fiber, yarn or fabric by contacting said fiber, yarn or fabric with a hemicellulase enzyme for a time and under conditions suitable to produce a whitening of said fiber, yarn or fabric.