ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,471, issued on April 7, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany).
"Amylase variants" was invented by Stefan Jenewein (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Zachary David Miles (San Diego) and Priya Anand (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are genetically engineered enzymes having amylase enzyme activity, compositions comprising the enzymes, and methods of making and using the enzymes. The genetically engineered amylase enzymes are useful in many different applications such as laundry detergents, dish washing detergents, and cleaning products for homes, industry, vehicle care, baking, animal feed, pulp and paper proce...