Patent 7611882 was granted and assigned to Novozymes A/S on November, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Detergent composition comprising a surfactant and a pectate lyase (EC 4.2.2.2) enzyme en-coded by a DNA sequence endogeneous to a strain of Bacillus subtilis or a stabilized variant thereof provides superior cleaning and stain removal.