Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Heat-stable metagenomic carbonic anhydrases and their use
    Patent number: 11773386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having carbonic anhydrase 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: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sonja Salmon, Martin Simon Borchert, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Wolfgang Streit, Mirjam Perner
  • GH5 and GH30 in Wet Milling
    Publication number: 20230304054
    Abstract: The instant application provides methods to improve the total starch yield and/or gluten yield from corn kernels in a wet milling process, the method comprising admixing corn kernels or a fraction of the corn kernels with an enzyme composition comprising an effective amount of one or more hydrolytic enzymes, wherein at least one of said hydrolytic enzymes is selected from the group consisting of a GH30 polypeptide, a GH5 polypeptide or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Bernardo Vidal, James Lavigne, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yi Cao, Wei Li, Yu Zhang, Soeren Nymand-Grarup, Madelyn Mallison Shoup, Kenneth Jensen, Kristian Bertel Romer M. Krogh, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen
  • PROCESS OF EXTRACTING OIL FROM THIN STILLAGE
    Publication number: 20230303986
    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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Michael John Akerman, Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Melissa Carrie Hooss, Xinyu Shen
  • Methods of treating fabric using a hexosaminidase
    Patent number: 11767492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising enzymes. The invention further relates, use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Johanne M. Jensen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Anne Vindum Due, Martin Gudmand
  • STABILIZED CELLULASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20230295591
    Abstract: Disclosed is variants of a cellulase having improved stability in the presence of a protease, and the use of such variants in laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache, Lars Anderson, Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Christian Isak Joergensen, Lars Giger
  • SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230295595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and preferably on par or improved wash performance. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230287307
    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: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Johanne M. Jensen, Rebecca Munk Vejborg
  • STABILIZED CELLULASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20230287380
    Abstract: Disclosed are variants of a cellulase having improved stability in the presence of a protease, and the use of such variants in laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache, Lars Anderson, Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Lars Giger
  • Cleaning Composition
    Publication number: 20230287306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising at least one Glyco_hydro_114 glycosyl hydrolase and one or more anionic surfactants, a method for cleaning an item and use of the cleaning composition according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger
  • BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSPECIES
    Publication number: 20230287329
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel subspecies of Bacillus. The novel subspecies can improve health and performance of production animals. In one embodiment the Bacillus subtilis subspecies has activity against Clostridium perfringens and/or E. coli. The present application further relates to compositions comprising one or more strains of the Bacillus subtilis subspecies and to use of the strain(s) of the Bacillus subtilis subspecies in an animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Derrick Lewis, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Adam Nelson, Preben Nielsen, Ravi Kumar
  • Polypeptides having alpha-galactosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11751584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of releasing galactose from legumes using polypeptides having alpha-galactosidase activity. The invention also relates to polypeptides having alpha-galactosidase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the polypeptides of the invention and the use of the polypeptides in animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Carstensen, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Morten Gjermansen, Jesper Salomon, Kristian Bertel Roemer M. Krogh, Eduardo Antonio Della Pia
  • Multi-core granules
    Patent number: 11753605
    Abstract: A granule comprising (a) at least three cores comprising a biological active and a plasticizable polymer, wherein the cores are made of a material having an elongation upon break of at least 30%, and wherein the diameter of the cores is at least 50 ?m and at most two thirds of the diameter of the granule; (b) a solid matrix interspacing the cores of (a), wherein the solid matrix is made of a material having an elongation upon break of less than 30%; and (c) optionally a coating consisting of one or more layer(s) surrounding the granule. A detergent composition comprising a detergent builder, a surfactant, and a granule as described. Use of the granule as a component in a process for manufacturing a detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Alexander Findeisen, Albert Cervera-Padrell, Lei Shang, Lotte E. Nissen, Ole Simonsen, Poul Bach
  • CONTROLLED ENZYMATIC BROWNING OF A NON-MEAT PROTEIN CONTAINING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20230276826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of a laccase for controlled enzymatic browning of a meat analogue product comprising a red pigment which changes colour when oxidized. Preferably, the laccase is embedded in a fat having a melting temperature of at least 25° C. such that the oxidation of the red pigment occurs only at elevated temperature, e.g. during cooking of the meat analogue product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christina Lunde, Jesper Salomon
  • Pulse and/or Legume Protein-Fortified Doughs and Baked Goods Comprising Lipase
    Publication number: 20230276811
    Abstract: The invention provides doughs for a baked- or par-baked yeast-raised product, said doughs comprising added pulse and/or legume protein and at least one added lipase enzyme, as well as methods of producing such doughs, the methods comprising the steps of adding pulse and/or legume protein and at least one lipase enzyme to the doughs, and methods of producing baked or par-baked yeast-raised products comprising pulse and/or legume protein, the methods comprising the steps of providing a dough of the invention and baking or par-baking the yeast-raised dough, and finally also uses of enzyme compositions comprising at least one lipase enzyme for maintaining or improving the volume of a baked or par-baked yeast-raised product made from doughs comprising pulse and/or legume protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Lisbeth Kalum
  • Polypeptides having mannanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11746310
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Markus Klinger
  • GH5 and GH30 in wet milling
    Patent number: 11746366
    Abstract: The instant application provides methods to improve the total starch yield and/or gluten yield from corn kernels in a wet milling process, the method comprising admixing corn kernels or a fraction of the corn kernels with an enzyme composition comprising an effective amount of one or more hydrolytic enzymes, wherein at least one of said hydrolytic enzymes is selected from the group consisting of a GH30 polypeptide, a GH5 polypeptide or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Bernardo Vidal, James Lavigne, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yi Cao, Wei Li, Yu Zhang, Soeren Nymand-Grarup, Madelyn Mallison Shoup, Kenneth Jensen, Kristian Bertel Romer M. Krogh, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen
  • Animal feed additives comprising a polypeptide having protease activity and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11744263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to animal feed or animal feed additives comprising polypeptides having protease activity and uses thereof. It also relates to the methods for producing the proteases and for using the proteases to improve animal performance and the nutritional value of an animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Laerke Tvedebrink Haahr, Tine Hoff, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Long Non-Coding RNA-Expression In Fungal Hosts
    Publication number: 20230272353
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a filamentous fungal host cell producing a polypeptide of interest, said host cell comprising one or more native or heterologous polynucleotide encoding a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), wherein said lncRNA comprises more than 262 nucleotides and comprises a contiguous nucleotide sequence at its 3? end, absent any poly-adenylation tail, that is at least 70% identical to that of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 19, SEQ ID NO:20 or SEQ ID NO:21; and/or said lncRNA comprises 2 or more Xyr1 binding sequences, as well as methods of producing a polypeptide of interest in said host cells and methods of improving the production of a polypeptide of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Astrid Mach-Aigner, Robert Mach, Petra Till
  • Cleaning compositions and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11739287
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Klaus Gori
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20230265462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a thermostable alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi