ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,477, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AB Enzymes OY (Rajamaki, Finland).

"Detergent compositions comprising bacterial mannanases" was invented by Daniela Herbst (Duesseldorf, Germany), Susanne Wieland (Zons/Dormagen, Germany), Nina Mussmann (Willich, Germany), Taija Leinonen (Riihimaeki, Finland), Leena Valtakari (Rajamaeki, Finland), Michael Seefried (Grossostheim, Germany), Kari Juntunen (Espoo, Finland), Daniela Dollak (Stockstadt a. Rhein, Germany), Patrick Lorenz (Lorsch, Germany), Jari Vehmaanperae (Helsinki), Pentti Ojapalo (Tuusula, Finland), Terhi Puranen (Nurmijaervi, Finland) and Kristiina Jaervinen (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. ...