US Patent Issued to Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. on Aug. 26 for "Process for dyeing textiles and enzymes used therein" (Turkish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,509, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S. (Inegol-Bursa, Turkey).

"Process for dyeing textiles and enzymes used therein" was invented by Jitka Eryilmaz (Inegol-Bursa, Turkey), Fatih Konukoglu (Inegol-Bursa, Turkey), Halil Ibrahim Akbas (Inegol-Bursa, Turkey), Esref Tuncer (Inegol-Bursa, Turkey) and Mahmut Ozdemir (Inegol-Bursa, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process wherein one or more dye precursors, e.g., indole, are provided to a textile and converted by one or more enzymes, e.g., an oxidizing enzyme, to provide the textile with a dye, e.g. indigo....