Patents Assigned to Novozymes BioAg A/S
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Publication number: 20240057612Abstract: Disclosed herein are combinations of Yersinia entomophaga and/or Yersinia nurmii and/or toxins therefrom, with one or more of a variety of substances, including animal repellents, acaricides, antimicrobials, avicides, bactericides, biostimulants, disinfectants and/or sanitizers, fungicides, gastropodicides, herbicides, insecticides, insect growth regulators, insect repellents, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant signal molecules, plant nutrients, plant fertilizers, predacides, piscicides, rodenticides, termiticides, viricides, and the like. The combinations may have additive effects or unexpected effects on pests, insects being one example, and/or on plant growth and/or plant yield. Also disclosed are methods for using the disclosed combinations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Novozymes BIOAG A/SInventors: Christopher Hahne, Jarrod Leland, Calum Russell
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Publication number: 20240032537Abstract: Phytoprotective compositions comprising one or more polypeptides having proteolytic activity in an agriculturally acceptable carrier, as well as methods of preparing such compositions and methods of using such compositions for preventing and/or treating phytopathogenic pests to reduce damage in plant propagation materials, plants and plant parts and increase crop yields.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Sharon Inch, Tine Hoff, Michael Frodyma, Michelle Maranta, Barbara Cherry
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Patent number: 11812747Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising a protease.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Sharon Inch, Tine Hoff, Michael Frodyma, Michelle Maranta, Barbara Cherry
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Patent number: 11800868Abstract: The use of a one or more Isoflavonoid compound Signals which may be with an agriculturally acceptable carrier, applied prior to planting, up to 365 days or more, either directly to the seed or transplant of a non-legume crop or a legume crop, or applied to the soil that will be planted either to a non-legume crop or a legume crop, for the purpose of increasing yield and/or improving seed germination and/or improving earlier seed emergence and/or improving nodulation and/or increasing crop stand density and/or improving plant vigour and/or improving plant growth, and/or increasing biomass, and/or earlier fruiting, all including in circumstances of seedling and plant transplanting.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Novozymes Bioag A/SInventors: John McIver, Chunquan Chen, Birgit Carolyn Schultz, Hannah McIver
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Patent number: 11716994Abstract: Disclosed herein are combinations of Yersinia entomophaga and/or Yersinia nurmii and/or toxins therefrom, with one or more of a variety of substances, including animal repellents, acaracides, antimicrobials, avicides, bactericides, biostimulants, disinfectants and/or sanitizers, fungicides, gastropodicides, herbicides, insecticides, insect growth regulators, insect repellents, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant signal molecules, plant nutrients, plant fertilizers, predacides, piscicides, rodenticides, termiticides, viricides, and the like. The combinations may have additive effects or unexpected effects on pests, insects being one example, and/or on plant growth and/or plant yield. Also disclosed are methods for using the disclosed combinations.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Christopher Hahne, Jarrod Leland, Calum Russell
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Publication number: 20230227770Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated Bacillus strains, as well as compositions comprising one or more of the isolated strains and methods of using the isolated strains and compositions to enhance crop growth/yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Novozymes BIOAG A/SInventors: Leah Blasiak, William Nathan Cude, Yaowei Kang, Timothy Liburn, Kate Brandon Sutton, Jonathon Pham
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Publication number: 20230117947Abstract: Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising treating seed at least one month prior to planting with an effective amount of a plant signal molecule, wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to plants harvested from untreated seed, or compared to plants harvested from seed treated with the signal molecule just prior to or within a week or less of planting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Novozymes BIOAG A/SInventors: R. Stewart Smith, Ahsan Habib, John Kosanke
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Patent number: 11618879Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated Bacillus strains, as well as compositions comprising one or more of the isolated strains and methods of using the isolated strains and compositions to enhance crop growth/yield.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Leah Blasiak, William Nathan Cude, Yaowei Kang, Timothy Liburn, Kate Brandon Sutton, Jonathan Pham
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Publication number: 20230058264Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescence reporter plasmid systems for enabling a Bacillus strain to fluoresce, and to methods for visualizing the state of Bacillus strains.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Novozymes BioAg A/SInventors: Jared Heffron, John William Rice
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Patent number: 11560340Abstract: Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising treating seed at least one month prior to planting with an effective amount of a plant signal molecule, wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to plants harvested from untreated seed, or compared to plants harvested from seed treated with the signal molecule just prior to or within a week or less of planting.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: R. Stewart Smith, Ahsan Habib, John Kosanke
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Publication number: 20230016040Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated Paenibacillus strains useful for fixing atmospheric nitrogen and enhancing crop yield, as well as inoculant compositions comprising one or more of the isolated strains, seeds that have been treated with one or more of the isolated strains, and methods of using the isolated strains to improve nitrogen content, crop yield, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: William Nathan Cude, Hugh Young, Leah Blasiak, Kelly Leanne Rowells, Timothy Liburn, Charles Hall, Maria Tang, Charles Knight
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Publication number: 20230009728Abstract: Disclosed are compositions for enhancing plant growth, comprising at least one lipo-chitooligosaccharide (LCO) compound; and at least one agriculturally beneficial agent selected from the group consisting at least one pesticide, at least one beneficial microorganism, and combinations thereof. Methods for enhancing plant growth and treating seeds with the compositions provided herein are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Ahsan Habib, Kristi Woods, Michael Frodyma, Shawn Semones
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Publication number: 20220380620Abstract: The present disclosure provides stable inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microorganisms in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, the microorganisms in an inoculant compositions are stabilized by the presence of one or more maltodextrins having a dextrose equivalent value of about 15 to about 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Yaowei Kang, Claire Pelligra, Emily Barnett, Caitlin Burklew, Anna Wysinski, Jarrod E. Leland, Ben Doughan, Michael Harrison Fethe, Ashley Delanie Trahan, David Greenshields, Kristi Woods
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Publication number: 20220346383Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated Pseudomonas koreensis strains useful for enhancing crop yield, as well as inoculant compositions comprising one or more of the isolated strains, seeds that have been treated with one or more of the isolated strains, and methods of using the isolated strains to enhance root growth, nutrient uptake, chlorophyll content, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: David Michael Barnhart, William Nathan Cude, Kate Brandon Sutton, Timothy Liburn, Jonathan Pham, Gregory Stephen Maloney, Jeffrey Layman
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Patent number: 11472981Abstract: The present disclosure provides stable inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microorganisms in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, the microorganisms in an inoculant compositions are stabilized by the presence of one or more maltodextrins having a dextrose equivalent value of about 15 to about 20.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Yaowei Kang, Claire Pelligra, Emily Barnett, Caitlin Burklew, Anna Wysinski, Jarrod E. Leland, Ben Doughan, Michael Harrison Fethe, Ashley Delanie Trahan, David Greenshields, Kristi Woods
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Patent number: 11464230Abstract: Disclosed are compositions for enhancing plant growth, comprising at least one lipo-chitooligosaccharide (LCO) compound; and at least one agriculturally beneficial agent selected from the group consisting at least one pesticide, at least one beneficial microorganism, and combinations thereof. Methods for enhancing plant growth and treating seeds with the compositions provided herein are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Ahsan Habib, Kristi Woods, Michael Frodyma, Shawn Semones
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Patent number: 11369110Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for increasing the survivability of microorganisms in seed treatment compositions that comprise one or more antimicrobial compounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Diego Omar Demares, Florencia Olivieri, Gabriel Osvaldo Gutkind
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Publication number: 20220167630Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel fungal strains capable of solubilizing phosphate, as well as compositions and methods of using those strains to increase the amount/concentration of soluble phosphate in a medium that comprises insoluble phosphate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Dave Greenshields, Caressa Caldwell, Shelagh Steckler, Kari Priest, Michael Frodyma
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Patent number: 11259526Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel fungal strains capable of solubilizing phosphate, as well as compositions and methods of using those strains to increase the amount/concentration of soluble phosphate in a medium that comprises insoluble phosphate.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Dave Greenshields, Caressa Caldwell, Shelagh Steckler, Kari Priest, Michael Frodyma
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Publication number: 20210400964Abstract: Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising treating plant seed or the plant that germinates from the seed with an effective amount of at least one chitooligosaccharide, wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to untreated plants or plants harvested from untreated seed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: R. Stewart Smith, Ahsan Habib