ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,016, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NOVOZYMES A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Subtilase variants" was invented by Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano (Greve, Denmark), Esben Peter Friis (Herlev, Denmark), Rolf Thomas Lenhard (Lyngby, Denmark), Signe Eskildsen Larsen (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark), Astrid Munch (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Bena-Marie Lue (Holte, Denmark) and Mikael Bauer (Malmo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to novel protease variants exhibiting improved stability and or improved wash performance in liquid detergent. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or d...