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).

  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20160369251
    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: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicants: 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
  • Phytase Variants
    Publication number: 20160362666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phytase which has at least 74% identity to a phytase derived from Citrobacter braakii and comprises at least one alteration as compared to this phytase. These phytase variants have amended, preferably improved, properties, such as thermostability, temperature profile, pH profile, specific activity, performance in animal feed, reduced protease sensibility, and/or an amended glycosylation pattern. The invention also relates to DNA encoding these phytases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof, e.g., in animal feed and animal feed additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Kobberoee Skov, Mikael Blom Soerensen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20160348084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants having alpha-amylaseactivity and polynucleotides encoding the variants. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Chakshusmathi Ghadiyaram, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Padmavathi Balumuri
  • Alpha-amylases
    Patent number: 9506047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylases, nucleic acids encoding the alpha-amylases, methods of producing the alpha-amylases, and methods of using the alpha-amylases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20160326506
    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: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Svend Kaasgaard, Jens Oebro, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Michael Skjoet, Carsten Andersen, Lars Beier, Esben Peter Friis, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Liv Spaanger Christiansen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20160312200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides encoding the variants. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Alpha-Amylase Mutants with Altered Properties
    Publication number: 20160312201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits altered stability, in particular at high temperatures and/or at low pH relative, and/or low Ca2+ to the parent alpha-amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Thisted, Soren Kjaerulff, Carsten Andersen, Claus Crone Fuglsang
  • STABILIZATION OF ALPHA-AMYLASES TOWARDS CALCIUM DEPLETION AND ACIDIC PH
    Publication number: 20160298100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase, the variant having improved stability or activity at low calcium conditions or at low pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Alpha-amylase variants
    Patent number: 9464279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant exhibits altered properties, in particular reduced capability of cleaving a substrate close to the branching point, and improved substrate specificity and/or improved specific activity relative to the parent alpha-amylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Christel Thea Jorgensen, Henrik Bisgaard-Frantzen, Allan Svendsen, Soren Kjaerulff
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20160281073
    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 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis Madsen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen
  • Phytase variants
    Patent number: 9451783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phytase which has at least 74% identity to a phytase derived from Citrobacter braakii and comprises at least one alteration as compared to this phytase. These phytase variants have amended, preferably improved, properties, such as thermostability, temperature profile, pH profile, specific activity, performance in animal feed, reduced protease sensitiliby, and/or an amended glycosylation pattern. The invention also relates to DNA encoding these phytases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof, e.g., in animal feed and animal feed additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Kobberoee Skov, Mikael Blom Soerensen
  • Alpha-amylase variants
    Patent number: 9434932
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Svend Kaasgaard, Jens Oebro, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Michael Skjoet, Carsten Andersen, Lars Beier, Esben Peter Friis, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Liv Spaanger Christiansen
  • Buffered gum base for high pH release
    Patent number: 9420806
    Abstract: A chewing gum composition with high pH-release includes an insoluble gum base matrix and a soluble bulk portion, wherein the gum base matrix and the bulk portion is mixed and extruded to form a final chewing gum core, and wherein the gum base matrix is buffered before mixing with the bulk portion. Furthermore, a method of producing a chewing gum core, wherein a gum base matrix and a bulk portion is mixed and extruded to form a final chewing gum core, and wherein the gum base matrix is buffered before mixing with the bulk portion, and the gum base matrix includes a first amount of buffer from 2 to 20 percent by weight of the gum base matrix before mixing with the bulk portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Fertin Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Gitte Lorenzen, Nicolai Arent, Bitten Thorengaard, Helle Wittorff
  • Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9416355
    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: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: 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
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE MUTANTS
    Publication number: 20160222365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like ?-amylase, which exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent ?-amylase: i) improved pH stability at a pH from 8 to 10.5; and/or ii) improved Ca2+ stability at pH 8 to 10.5, and/or iii) increased specific activity at temperatures from 10 to 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Torben Vedel Borchert, Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Bjarne Nielsen, Torben Lauesgaard Nissen, Soren Kjaerulff
  • Stabilization of alpha-amylases towards calcium depletion and acidic pH
    Patent number: 9394532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase, the variant having improved stability or activity at low calcium conditions or at low pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20160201042
    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: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten ANDERSEN
  • CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AMYLASE VARIANT REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING
    Publication number: 20160177238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase and methods of treating surfaces such as textiles with aqueous liquor comprising such compositions, especially at low temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Michelle JACKSON, Philip Frank SOUTER, Lindsay Suzanne BEWICK, Svend KAASGAARD, Jens OEBRO, Signe Eskildsen LARSEN, Allan SVENDSEN, Annette Helle JOHANSEN, Michael SKJOET, Carsten ANDERSEN, Lars BEIER, Esben Peter FRIIS, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira TOSCANO, Mads BJOERNVAD, Frank Winther RASMUSSEN, Liv Spaangner CHRISTIANSEN
  • 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
  • Stabilization of Alpha-Amylases Towards Calcium Depletion and Acidic pH
    Publication number: 20160137996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase, the variant having improved stability or activity at low calcium conditions or at low pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen