Patents by Inventor Chee Leong Soong

Chee Leong Soong 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).

  • Methods of increasing the cellulolytic enhancing activity of a polypeptide
    Patent number: 9150842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of increasing the activity of a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, comprising: adding a divalent copper cation to a composition comprising the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the presence of the divalent copper cation and the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity increases degradation or conversion of a cellulosic material by an enzyme composition compared to the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity without the divalent copper cation. The present invention also relates to compositions, methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material, and methods for producing a fermentation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Katja Salomon Johansen, Feng Xu, Paul Walton, Brett McBrayer, Henrik Lund, Chee-Leong Soong
  • Method for Production of Brewers Wort
    Publication number: 20150275158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for production of brewer's wort comprising adding to a mash, a particular glucoamylase. Furthermore, the invention relates to use of a combination of a glucoamylase and an alpha amylase for production of brewer's wort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Chee Leong Soong
  • Enzymes for Starch Processing
    Publication number: 20140370553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and an alpha-amylase amino acid sequence as well as to the application of such polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Processes of producing a fermentation product
    Patent number: 8883456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of process of producing a fermentation product, comprising: liquefying a starch-containing material to dextrins with an alpha-amylase in the presence of a GH61 polypeptide; saccharifying the dextrins to a sugar with a glucoamylase; and fermenting the sugar using a fermenting organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Jeremy Saunders
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20140315243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase, a thermostable protease, and optionally a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme and/or pullulanase, are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong
  • Processes of Producing Fermentation Products
    Publication number: 20140302576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more carbonic anhydrases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Chee Leong Soong, Jiyin Liu, Guillermo Coward Kelly
  • Enzymes for starch processing
    Patent number: 8841091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and an alpha-amylase amino acid sequence as well as to the application of such polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Novozymes Als, Novozymec North America Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Methods of Increasing the Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity of a Polypeptide
    Publication number: 20140127771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of increasing the activity of a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, comprising: adding a divalent copper cation to a composition comprising the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the presence of the divalent copper cation and the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity increases degradation or conversion of a cellulosic material by an enzyme composition compared to the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity without the divalent copper cation. The present invention also relates to compositions, methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material, and methods for producing a fermentation product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Katja Salomon Johansen, Feng Xu, Paul Walton, Brett McBrayer, Henrik Lund, Chee-Leong Soong
  • ENZYMES FOR STARCH PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20140127753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and an alpha-amylase amino acid sequence as well as to the application of such polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Processes of producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 8697392
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more carbonic anhydrases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Jiyin Liu, Guillermo Coward Kelly
  • Processes for Producing Fermentation Products
    Publication number: 20140017749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a thermostable alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi
  • Enzymes for starch processing
    Patent number: 8512986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and an alpha-amylase amino acid sequence as well as to the application of such polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen, Sara Landvik
  • Process of Producing A Fermentation Product
    Publication number: 20130157307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more deamidases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Shiro Fukuyama, Allan Noergaard, Preben Nielsen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Processes of producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 8426160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more carbonic anhydrases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventors: Chee Leong Soong, Jiyin Liu, Guillermo Coward Kelly
  • Processes of Producing a Fermentation Product
    Publication number: 20130034883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of process of producing a fermentation product, comprising: liquefying a starch-containing material to dextrins with an alpha-amylase in the presence of a GH61 polypeptide; saccharifying the dextrins to a sugar with a glucoamylase; and fermenting the sugar using a fermenting organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee Leong Soong, Jeremy Saunders
  • Producing fermentation products in the presence of aldehyde dehydrogenase
    Patent number: 8349592
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more aldehyde dehydrogenases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Jiyin Liu
  • Processes of Producing Fermentation Products
    Publication number: 20120322123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more carbonic anhydrases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Jiyin Liu, Guillermo Coward-Kelly
  • Processes of producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 8273546
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more carbonic anhydrases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Jiyin Liu, Guillermo Coward-Kelly
  • Processes of producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 8227221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein increased levels of one or more pyrophosphatase enzymes are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Jiyin Liu, Zhengfang Kang
  • Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8148127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. The invention also relates to the composition comprising a glucoamylase of the invention as well as the use such compositions for starch conversion processes, brewing, including processes for producing fermentation products or syrups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Sara Landvik, Michiko Ihara, Jiyin Liu, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Shiro Fukuyama