Patents by Inventor Carsten Andersen

Carsten Andersen 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).

  • Publication number: 20200071638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants having an improved stability as compared to the parent alpha-amylase. The invention further relates to use of the variants, compositions comprising the variants, and methods of producing the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Anna-Kathrine Fevre
  • Patent number: 10563186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of polypeptides, in particular Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent alpha-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage pattern, thermal stability, pH/activity profile, pH/stability profile, stability towards oxidation, Ca2+ dependency, specific activity, in particular laundry and dish-wash applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Henrik Oestdal, Jan Peter Skagerlind
  • Patent number: 10550373
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    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
  • Patent number: 10538751
    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: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Patent number: 10519405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants having an improved stability as compared to the parent alpha-amylase. The invention further relates to use of the variants, compositions comprising the variants, and methods of producing the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Anna-Kathrine Fevre
  • Publication number: 20190382691
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dish washing compositions comprising polypeptides having beta-glucanase activity, catalytic domains, beta-glucan binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or beta-glucan binding domains. The present disclosure further relates to dish washing compositions comprising polypeptides exhibiting beta-glucanase activity and one or more amylases and/or one or more proteases and uses thereof in dish wash applications and dish wash processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Thomas Weber, Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, Clarissa Maisey, Astrid Spitz, Lisa-Marie Schuetz, Claudia Ottow, Daniela Herbst, Iben Damager, Morten Gjermansen, Carsten Andersen, Claudia Lindner
  • Publication number: 20190352628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. 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: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Svend Kaasgaard, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Lars Beier, Connie Pontoppidan, Iben Damager, Carsten Andersen, Allan Svendsen
  • Publication number: 20190345469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants having alpha-amylase activity and an improved property, such as improved specific activity, as compared to the parent polypeptide. The invention further relates to use of the polypeptide variants, compositions comprising the polypeptide variants, and methods of producing the polypeptide variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Publication number: 20190345470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase having an improved wash performance when compared to the parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and method of producing the variants of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Iben Damager, Chakshusmathi Ghadiyaram, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Padma Venkatachalam Iyer
  • Publication number: 20190316105
    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: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe E. Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Pernille Ollendorff Micheelsen, Anders Viksoee-Nielsen, Randy Deinhammer, Xinyu Shen
  • Patent number: 10428321
    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: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Ali Fallah-Araghi
  • Publication number: 20190256803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preventing, removing, reducing, or disrupting biofilm present on a surface, comprising contacting the surface with an alpha-amylase derived from a bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Carsten Andersen
  • Publication number: 20190249119
    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: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Vivek Srivastava, Padmavathi Balumuri, Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Sohel Dalal
  • Publication number: 20190225918
    Abstract: Bleach-containing automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including a new amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Neil Joseph LANT, Philip Frank SOUTER, David John TARBIT, Torsten Bak REGUEIRA, Bitten PLESNER, Thomas Holberg BLICHER, Anne Dorte HOUG, Sofia ARNEHED, Lars Lehmann Hylling CHRISTENSEN, Carsten ANDERSEN, Euan John MAGENNIS
  • Publication number: 20190218534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits altered properties relative to the parent alpha-amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Thomas Thisted, Claus von der Osten
  • Patent number: 10351836
    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: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Pernille Ollendorff Micheelsen, Anders Viksoee-Nielsen, Randy Deinhammer, Xinyu Shen
  • Patent number: 10316275
    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: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Vivek Srivastava, Padmavathi Balumuri, Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Sohel Dalal
  • Publication number: 20190169546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising protease variants and alpha-amylases or variants thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of using the detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Yanfei Wang, Wenwen Tao, Bitten Plesner, Elena Genesca Pont
  • Patent number: 10287562
    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: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOSZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Iben Damager, Astrid Munch, Tine Hoff
  • Patent number: 10287534
    Abstract: Bleach-containing automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including a new amylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, David John Tarbit, Torsten Bak Regueira, Bitten Plesner, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Anne Dorte Houg, Sofia Arnehed, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carsten Andersen, Euan John Magennis