Detergent compositions

US5691295A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Cognis Gesellschaft fuer Biotechnologie mbH · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Maurer · Erkrath, DE
• Winfried Pochandke · Lassan, DE
• Beatrix Kottwitz · Erkrath, DE
• Jorg Poethkow · Neuss, DE
• Albrecht Weiss · Linden, DE
• Irmgard Schmidt · Solingen, DE
• Horst Upadek · Erkrath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 1995
• Grant date: Nov 25, 1997
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/54
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A laundry detergent for washing fabrics composed of proteinogenic fibers is comprised of at least one surfactant and a proteolytically active amount of a protease having a keratinase/caseinase activity ratio of less than about 0.80.