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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2002
Applicants:

Jan M. Van Der Laan, Breda, NL;

Wolfgang Aehle, Delft, NL;

Inventors:

Jan M. Van Der Laan, Breda, NL;

Wolfgang Aehle, Delft, NL;

Assignee:

Genencor International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N009/28 ; C12N009/26 ; C12N009/54 ; C12Q001/40 ; C12P019/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to novel amylolytic enzymes having improved characteristics for the use in starch degradation, in textile or paper desizing and in household detergent compositions. The disclosed α-amylases show surprisingly improved properties with respect to the activity level and the combination of thermostability and a higher activity level. These improved properties make them more suitable for the use under more acidic or more alkaline conditions. The improved properties allow also the reduction of the Calcium concentration under application conditions without a loss of performance of the enzyme.


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