ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,042, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Liquid enzyme composition with sulfite scavenger" was invented by Asbjoern Toftgaard Pedersen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Erik Hellstrand (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides liquid enzyme compositions comprising a sulfite scavenger or a sulfite radical scavenger, useful in multi-compartment unit dose detergent products."

The patent was filed on Jan. 21, 2022, under Application No. 18/262,291.

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