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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. 01, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Isaac Ashie, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas Sorensen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Per Munk Nielsen, Hillerod, DK;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Novozymes North America, Inc., Franklinton, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 131 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for tenderizing meat comprising contacting meat with a tenderizing-effective amount of a thermolabile protease having limited substrate specificity, wherein the limited substrate specificity is the digestion of only one of the two major protein components of meat.