ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,017, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
"Detergent composition comprising a lipase" was invented by Nathan Reese (Wake Forest, N.C.), Domenic Anthony Paone (Roanoke, Va.), Thomas Patrick Gibbons (Wake Forest, N.C.), Mark Stephenson Smith (Stem, N.C.) and Lone Baunsgaard (Helsingoer, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to detergent compositions capable of reducing odor generated by a lipase during cleaning or washing of laundry comprising (a) a surfactant or a surfactant system; (b) a lipase; and (c) ricinoleic acid, a ricinoleic salt, or a ricinoleic ester. The inve...