Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Yeast expressing a heterologous phospholipase for ethanol production
    Patent number: 11807889
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant fermenting organisms having a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a phospholipase. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant fermenting organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Tassone, James Ron Huffman, Chee-Leong Soong, Jung Yi
  • strains improving health and performance of production animals
    Patent number: 11801272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Bacillus strains which improves health and performance of production animals. The invention further relates to compositions comprising the Bacillus strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Derrick Lewis, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Adam Nelson, Preben Nielsen
  • Detergent Compositions and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20230340367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having hexosaminidase activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Lillian Eva Tang Baltsen, Jesper Salomon
  • Cleaning Compositions and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20230340368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising a mix of enzymes. The invention further relates, use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Klaus Gori
  • Polypeptides having Mannanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20230340369
    Abstract: 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 the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Markus Klinger
  • PROCESS OF EXTRACTING OIL FROM THIN STILLAGE
    Publication number: 20230340432
    Abstract: A process of recovering oil, comprising (a) converting a starch-containing material into dextrins with an alpha-amylase; (b) saccharifying the dextrins using a carbohydrate source generating enzyme to form a sugar; (c) fermenting the sugar in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism; (d) recovering the fermentation product to form a whole stillage; (e) separating the whole stillage into thin stillage and wet cake; (e?) optionally concentrating the thin stillage into syrup; (f) recovering oil from the thin stillage and/or optionally the syrup, wherein a protease and a phospholipase are present and/or added during steps (a) to (c). Use of a protease and a phospholipase for increasing oil recovery yields from thin stillage and/or syrup in a fermentation product production process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Joseph Mark Jump, Bernardo Vidal, JR., Chee-Leong Soong, Madison Roberts, Melissa Carrie Hooss, Xinyu Shen
  • PROCESS OF EXTRACTING OIL FROM THIN STILLAGE
    Publication number: 20230340361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes of recovering oil after liquefaction and/or from thin stillage and/or syrup/evaporated centrate from a fermentation product production process by adding a thermostable protease to the whole stillage, thin stillage and/or syrup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Kreel, Joseph Jump
  • GH9 endoglucanase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11795418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to endoglucanase variants and methods for obtaining endoglucanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Lars Anderson, Allan Svendsen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Lars Giger, Vasudeva Prahlada Rao, Sohel Dalal, Santhosh Vasu Mepadam, Marie Thrysoe Kruse, Kasper D. Rand, Pernille F. Jensen
  • Processes for producing a fermentation product
    Patent number: 11795481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • Method for Degumming and Refining of Vegetable Oil
    Publication number: 20230332069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to refining of vegetable oil. The invention provides processes in which phospholipids present in the vegetable oil are hydrolysed and the oil is subsequently subject to chemical refining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christian Hans Holm, Per Munk Nielsen, Fanny Longin, Sara Maria Landvik, Jesper Brask, Kim Borch, Robert Piotr Olinski, Allan Noergaard, Hanna Maria Lilbaek, Marianne Linde Damstrup, Tianqi Sun, Ming Li
  • DNase Variants
    Publication number: 20230332122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants and methods for obtaining variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Gernot J. Abel, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Annette Helle Johansen
  • ORAL CARE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FRUCTANASE
    Publication number: 20230332124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral care composition comprising a fructanase, use of said composition as medicaments, use of said composition in treatment of oral disease, methods of treatment comprising administering said composition to a human or animal subject, methods of removing biofilm comprising contacting the biofilm with said composition, kits of parts comprising said composition, and fructanases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Lorena González Palmén, Jesper Salomon, Mark Dominique Morant, Mette Rose Joergensen, Thomas Thomasen Durhuus, Manish Kumar Tiwari
  • IMPROVED FERMENTING ORGANISM FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20230332188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol comprising saccharifying cellulosic or starch-containing material and fermenting the saccharified material with a fermenting microorganism to produce ethanol. The fermenting organism is Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG5151 (deposited under Accession No. Y-67971 at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL), Illinois 61604 U.S.A.), Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG5248 (deposited under Accession No. Y-68015 at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL), Illinois 61604 U.S.A.) or a fermenting organism that has properties that the same or about the same as that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MBG5151 or MBG5248.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Microbiogen Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Roberto Nobuyuki Maeda, Philip John Livingstone Bell
  • Compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity
    Patent number: 11788079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity for use in, e.g., animal feed. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity, polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ninfa Rangel Pedersen, Dan Pettersson, Jens Magnus Eklof, Soeren Nymand-Grarup, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Wei Peng, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer, Charlotte Blom, Lars Kiemer, Kristian Bertel Romer M. Krogh, Jesper Salomon
  • Processes for producing ethanol
    Patent number: 11788078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity, catalytic domains, carbohydrate binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tianqi Sun, Ming Li, Junxin Duan
  • Spore-based probiotic composition for modulation of dermal and sub-dermal properties
    Patent number: 11786563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of modulating dermal and sub-dermal properties of a subject. The present invention relates to methods comprising administering to a subject a spore-based probiotic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kiran Krishnan, Dale M. Kriz, Thomas F. Bayne
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20230323315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and a thermostable hemicellulase is present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in processes of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Zhengfang Kang, Christie Lynn Strahler, James Ron Huffman, Kristian Bertel RØmer M. Krogh
  • Enzymatic Method for Reducing Usage Amount of Fat and Oil in Bakery Product
    Publication number: 20230320367
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing the usage amount of edible fat and oil in a bakery product, the method comprising mixing at least one maltose alpha-amylase and edible fat and oil into dough, and baking same to prepare a bakery product. The usage amount of the edible fat and oil in the dough can be reduced by at least 10 wt % compared with not using the enzyme treatment; and the enzyme may also include cellulase and/or phospholipase. The method does not reduce or substantially reduce the quality of the bakery product, and allows same to have a shelf life of at least 4 days. Also involved is baked fat and oil prepared from the above-mentioned enzyme and edible fat and oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Qing Xu, Yazhen Wang, Shouhong Li, Xiaoming Lu
  • POLYESTER DEGRADING PROTEASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20230323330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants having polyester degrading activity, polynucleotides encoding said variants, nucleic acid constructs and expression vectors comprising said polynucleotides, host cells expressing said variants, compositions comprising the variants, methods of producing the variants, and use of the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Hanne Lyngby Hoest Pedersen
  • Process of extracting oil from thin stillage
    Patent number: 11781123
    Abstract: A process of recovering oil, comprising (a) converting a starch-containing material into dextrins with an alpha-amylase; (b) saccharifying the dextrins using a carbohydrate source generating enzyme to form a sugar; (c) fermenting the sugar in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism; (d) recovering the fermentation product to form a whole stillage; (e) separating the whole stillage into thin stillage and wet cake; (e?) optionally concentrating the thin stillage into syrup; (f) recovering oil from the thin stillage and/or optionally the syrup, wherein a phospholipase is present and/or added during steps (a) to (c). Use of phospholipase for increasing oil recovery yields from thin stillage and/or syrup in a fermentation product production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Michael John Akerman, Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Melissa Carrie Hooss, Xinyu Shen