ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,467, issued on June 24, was assigned to DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Variant maltohexaose-forming Alpha-amylase variants" was invented by Luis G Cascao-Pereira (Redwood City, Calif.), David A. Estell (San Mateo, Calif.), Marc Anton Bernhard Kolkman (Oegstgeest, Netherlands) and Harm Mulder (Voorhout, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant maltohexaose-forming alpha-amylases. The variant alpha-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, for cleaning starchy stains in laundry, dishwashing, and other applications, for textile proc...