ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,541, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Variants and compositions comprising variants with high stability in presence of a chelating agent" was invented by Allan Svendsen (Hoersholm, Denmark), Annette Helle Johansen (Bagsvaerd, Denmark), Mads Bjoernvad (Virum, Denmark), Frank W. Rasmussen (Roskilde, Denmark), Michael Skjoet (Roskilde, Denmark), Signe Eskildsen Larsen (Lyngby, Denmark), Jens Oebro (Copenhagen, Denmark), Svend Kaasgaard (Skovlunde, Denmark) and Lars Beier (Lyngby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to variants of an alpha-amylase having improved sta...