Detergents containing amylase and protease

US6380147B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Horst-Dieter Speckmann · Langenfeld, DE
• Beatrix Kottwitz · Erkrath, DE
• Karl-Heinz Maurer · Erkrath, DE
• Christian Nitsch · Dressendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2002
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/386
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to detergents characterized in that they contain &agr;-amylase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and protease from Bacillus lentus, optionally modified by genetic engineering, in addition to our usual ingredients compatible with said enzymes.