ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,477, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Polypeptides having mannanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same" was invented by Tine Hoff (Holte, Denmark) and Markus Klinger (Vaerloese, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to polypeptides having mannanase activity, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding modules, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding modules. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using t...