US Patent Issued to Phiome on Sept. 22 for "Microbial enzymes to reduce malodor of skin and textiles" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,932, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Phiome BV (Ghent, Belgium).

"Microbial enzymes to reduce malodor of skin and textiles" was invented by Chris Callewaert (Ghent, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the field of reducing malodor that is due to bacterial conversion of molecules that are present in sweat. This disclosure describes purified enzymes, lyophilized or non-living bacteria, bacterial lysates, and/or bacterial fragments that contain the functional potential to fully catabolize the human skin lipids and squalene, so no malodor arises. The disclosure also describes enzymes that produce a natur...