Patents by Inventor Anders Viksoe-Nielsen

Anders Viksoe-Nielsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Polypeptides having glucuronyl esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9394556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having glucuronyl esterase activity, catalytic domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides or catalytic 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 or catalytic domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Johan Börjesson, Anders Viksø-Nielsen, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Kristian Krogh
  • Alpha-Amylase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20160177280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase 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: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Pernille Ollendorff Micheelsen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Randall Deinhammer, Xinyu Shen
  • Process for Manufacturing a Feed Composition
    Publication number: 20160150808
    Abstract: In the steam pelleting of feed components which include starch, the addition of an alpha-amylase to the raw material meal can reduce energy consumption (energy input) in the feed press, and increase the throughput (capacity per hour), and it may be possible to reduce the temperature in the pellet press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Christel Thea Joergensen, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Dan Pettersson
  • Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9334485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase 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: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis Madsen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen
  • Mashing process
    Patent number: 9279165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mashing and filtration step in a brewing process and to a composition useful in the mashing and filtration step of a brewing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rikke Monica Festersen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Christel Thea Joergensen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Polypeptides Having Glucuronyl Esterase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20150152456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having glucuronyl esterase activity, catalytic domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides or catalytic 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 or catalytic domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Johan Börjesson, Anders Viksø-Nielsen, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Kristian Krogh
  • Polypeptides Having Xanthan Degrading Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20150132824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xanthan degrading activity, catalytic domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides and catalytic 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 and catalytic domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Peter Fischer Halin, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Lars Anderson, Martin Simon Borchert, Leigh Murphy, Astrid Boisen, Lorena G. Palmén, Kenneth Jensen, Carsten Sjoeholm, Tine Hoff, Charlotte Blom
  • Alpha-Amylase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20140234906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase 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: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis Madsen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen
  • Alpha-Amylase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20140220635
    Abstract: 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: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Pernille Ollendorff Micheelsen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Randall Deinhammer, Xinyu Shen
  • Mashing Process
    Publication number: 20140170712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mashing and filtration step in a brewing process and to a composition useful in the mashing and filtration step of a brewing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rikke Monica Festersen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Christel Thea Joergensen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Mashing process
    Patent number: 8679791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mashing and filtration step in a brewing process and to a composition useful in the mashing and filtration step of a brewing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rikke Monica Festersen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Christel Thea Joergensen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Polypeptides having acetyl xylan esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8658409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetyl xylan esterase activity and isolated 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: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Johan Borjesson, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Peter Kamp Hansen
  • Hybrid enzymes
    Patent number: 8440444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hybrid polypeptides having a first amino acid sequence having endo-amylase activity and a second amino acid sequence having carbohydrate binding activity. The present invention also relates to the use of the hybrid polypeptides in starch processing and baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Henrik Oestdal
  • Alpha-Amylase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120282658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Randall Deinhammer, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Miguel Duarte Toscano, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Lars L.H. Christensen
  • Hybrid Enzymes
    Publication number: 20120083025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hybrid polypeptides having a first amino acid sequence having endo-amylase activity and a second amino acid sequence having carbohydrate binding activity. The present invention also relates to the use of the hybrid polypeptides in starch processing and baking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Henrik Oestdal
  • Process for producing a starch hydrolyzate
    Patent number: 8119384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing a starch hydrolyzate and optionally a fermentation product, such as ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Jim Liu, Carsten Andersen
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING ACETYL XYLAN ESTERASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20110281303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetyl xylan esterase activity and isolated 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: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Johan Borjesson, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Peter Kamp Hansen
  • Polypeptides with starch debranching activity
    Patent number: 8021863
    Abstract: Polypeptides comprising a catalytic starch debranching domain and a starch binding domain are disclosed. The polypeptides comprising the starch binding domain have an improved functionality in raw starch degradation compared with same catalytic unit in same amount but without the starch binding domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Shiro Fukuyama, Regine Kopp Behr, Carsten Andersen
  • Process of producing a starch hydrolysate
    Patent number: 7998709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolysate at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Carsten Andersen, Sven Pedersen, Carsten Hjort
  • Hydrolysis of arabinoxylan
    Patent number: 7993890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of arabinoxylan, and an enzyme composition suitable for use in such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hanne Risbjerg Soerensen, Sven Pedersen, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Christel Thea Joergensen, Lars Hylling Christensen, Christian Isak Joergensen, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Lene Venke Kofod