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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160122442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolysate at a temperature below or just above the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Paria Saunders, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Scott R. McLaughlin, Chee Leong Soong
  • Publication number: 20160083704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylaseactivity 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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Iben Damager, Astrid Munch
  • Publication number: 20160083703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylase 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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Iben Damager, Astrid Munch
  • Patent number: 9284544
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    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
  • Patent number: 9283191
    Abstract: A compressed chewing gum tablet includes at least a first and a second chewing gum module, the first chewing gum module including a first chewing gum composition including at least a first active ingredient and chewing gum granules containing gum base, the second chewing gum module including a second chewing gum composition including at least a second active ingredient and chewing gum granules containing gum base, wherein the first active ingredient is a pharmaceutically active ingredient, and the second active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of pharmaceutically active ingredients and enhancers, wherein the gum base content of the first and second chewing gum modules is different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: FERTIN PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Gitte Lorenzen, Nicolai Arent, Bitten Thorengaard, Helle Wittorff
  • Patent number: 9273297
    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: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Publication number: 20160053244
    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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Henrik Oestdal, Jan Peter Skagerlind
  • Publication number: 20150337278
    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: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten ANDERSEN
  • Patent number: 9160554
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of operating automated test equipment (ATE) in a networked environment of multiple external test controllers. The system resources responsible for coordinating the shared uses of the ATE by the multiple external test controllers are centralized within the ATE. As a result, programming of the respective test controllers is simplified since the test controllers no longer need be responsible for communicating among themselves to coordinate or otherwise determine how and when access to the ATE is granted to any particular test controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: LITEPOINT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christian Volf Olgaard, Thomas Toldborg Andersen, Carsten Andersen
  • Publication number: 20150267183
    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: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Thomas Thisted, Claus von der Osten
  • Patent number: 9139822
    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: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen
  • Patent number: 9131711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel 3D structure encoding a Nocardiopsis protease, as well as to variants of parent protease homologous to Nocardiopsis proteases, preferably of improved thermostability and/or with an amended temperature activity profile. The invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding such variants, their production in a recombinant host cell, as well as methods of using the variants, in particular within the field of animal feed and detergents. The invention furthermore relates to methods of generating and preparing protease variants of amended properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Lehmann Hyllling Christensen, Soren Flensted Lassen, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard
  • Publication number: 20150225708
    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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen
  • Patent number: 9096837
    Abstract: The present disclosure 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: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Henrik Ostdal, Peter Skagerlind
  • Patent number: 9080137
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Thomas Thisted, Claus von der Osten
  • Publication number: 20150152361
    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, and solubility, in particular under production conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20150132823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased stability at high temperatures (relative to the parent). The invention also relates to a DNA construct comprising a DNA sequence encoding an alpha-amylase variant of the invention, a recombinant expression vector which carries a DNA construct of the invention, a cell which is transformed with a DNA construct of the invention, the use of an alpha-amylase variant of the invention for washing and/or dishwashing, textile desizing, starch liquefaction, a detergent additive comprising an alpha-amylase variant of the invention, a manual or automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising an alpha-amylase variant of the invention, a method for generating a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant exhibits increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Soren Kjaerulff, Henrik Bisgaard-Frantzen, Carsten Andersen
  • Patent number: 9005950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sanne Schoeder Glad, Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Katja Salomon Johansen, Henrik Frisner, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Thomas Thisted
  • Publication number: 20150099284
    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: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Thisted, Soren Kjaerulff, Carsten Andersen, Claus Crone Fuglsang