ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,644, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HENKEL AG & Co. KGAA (Duesseldorf, Germany).
"Artificially enhanced cutinase containing washing or cleaning agent" was invented by Nina Mussmann (Willich, Germany), Susanne Wieland (Zons/Dormagen, Germany), Christian Degering (Erkrath, Germany), Layla Fernandez (Cologne, Germany) and Stephanie Turowski (Leichlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Enzymes are disclosed that have anti-pilling properties and may be used in washing or cleaning agents. A washing or cleaning agent, in particular a liquid detergent, may include a cutinase. A method for cleaning textiles using such a washing or...