D06L 4/40
Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods: using
Official title: using enzymes
D06L4/40 (Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods: using) appears on 86 US grants and 126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06L- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 126
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 322
- Latest grant
- 24 Jun 2025
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| 2002 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
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- Clean industrial wash recipes for wet and dry processes for denim, and garments produced by the processes18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382741 A1CleanKore, LLC
- Variant maltohexaose-forming alpha-amylase variants6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340855 A1Danisco US Inc.
- Variant maltohexaose-forming alpha-amylase variants3 Oct 2024US 2024/0327814 A1Danisco US Inc.
- Cleaning compositions containing dispersins ii4 Jul 2024US 2024/0218299 A1Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Methods of facilitating removal of a fingerprint16 May 2024US 2024/0158722 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bleaching compositions97US 3,974,082 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 1976
- Enzymatic peracid bleaching system90US 5,030,240 AThe Clorox Company · 1991
- Cellulase compositions and methods of use43US 5,811,381 A1998
- Treating cellulosic materials with cellulases from chrysosporium38US 6,015,707 A2000
- Methods and compositions for bleaching a dye in solution23US 6,399,561 B1Novozymes A/S · 2002