Patents by Inventor Hanne Vang Hendriksen

Hanne Vang Hendriksen 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).

  • PROCESS FOR TREATING VEGETABLE MATERIAL WITH AN ENZYME
    Publication number: 20080241315
    Abstract: The enzymatic effect on an intracellular substrate present in vegetable cells with a membrane can be increased by pre-treating the vegetable material with a pulsed electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lisbeth Kalum, Hanne Vang Hendriksen
  • Glucoamylase Variants
    Publication number: 20080213843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Patent number: 7354753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Patent number: 7122365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Novozymes Als
    Inventors: Bjarne Roenfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Publication number: 20040002142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Method for producing maltose syrup by using a hexosyltransferase
    Publication number: 20030148471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing maltose syrup, wherein starch is treated with a hexosyltransferase (E.C. 2.4.1) and then a beta-amylase and/or a maltogenic amy-lase, or variant thereof. The invention also relates to an intermediate product suitable as staring material in maltose production processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Barrie Edmund Norman, Hanne Vang Hendriksen
  • Process for isomaltose production
    Publication number: 20030059901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing oligosaccharide syrups, in particular to the production of syrups having a high concentration of saccharides with a degree of polymerization of at least 2, comprising the steps of: enzymatic reaction of a substrate at a temperature in the range of 50° C. to 100° C. obtaining a saccharide solution comprising monosaccharides and disaccharides, trisaccharides and higher saccharides; nanofiltration of the saccharide solution at a temperature in the range of 60° C. to 100°C. obtaining a syrup essentially comprising disaccharides, trisaccharides and higher saccharides; recovering said syrup; optionally recycling the permeate resulting from the nanofiltration step to the enzymatic reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sven Pedersen, Hanne Vang Hendriksen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Publication number: 20030032163
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Roenfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Method of producing saccharide preparations
    Publication number: 20020164723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification stages takes place, and the subsequent steps of one or more high temperature membrane separation steps, and re-circulation of the saccharification enzyme, in which method the membrane separation steps are carried out as an integral part of the saccharification step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Gin C. Liaw, Sven Pedersen, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Allan Svendsen, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Rudy Illum Nielsen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Patent number: 6352851
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Roenfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Method of producing oligosaccharide syrups, a system for producing the same and oligosaccharide syrups
    Patent number: 6329182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing oligosaccharide syrups, in particular to the production of syrups having a high concentration of saccharides with a degree of polymerization of at least 2, comprising the steps of: enzymatic reaction of a substrate at a temperature in the range of 50° C. to 100° C. obtaining a saccharide solution comprising monosaccharides and disaccharides, trisaccharides and higher saccharides; nanofiltration of the saccharide solution at a temperature in the range of 60° C. to 100° C. obtaining a syrup essentially comprising disaccharides, trisaccharides and higher saccharides; recovering said syrup; optionally recycling the permeate resulting from the nanofiltration step to the enzymatic reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sven Pedersen, Hanne Vang Hendriksen
  • Method of producing saccharide preparations
    Patent number: 6303346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification stages takes place, and the subsequent steps of one or more high temperature membrane separation steps, and re-circulation of the saccharification enzyme, in which method the membrane separation steps are carried out as an integral part of the saccharification step. In another specific aspect, the invention provides a method of producing a saccharide preparation, which method comprises an enzymatic saccharification step, and the subsequent steps of one or more high temperature membrane separation steps and re-circulation of the saccharification enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Gin C. Liaw, Sven Pedersen, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Allan Svendsen, Bjarne Rønfeldt Nielsen, Ruby Illum Nielsen
  • Enzymatic preparation of glucose syrup from starch
    Patent number: 6287826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a glucose syrup wherein starch is treated with a Termamyl-like &agr;-amylase comprising a substitution in Val54 shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or in the corresponding position in another Termamyl-like &agr;-amylase. The invention also relates to a glucose syrup obtainable by the process of the invention and the use thereof as ingredient in food products. An object of the invention is also to provide for the use of a Termamyl-like &agr;-amylase with a substitution in position Val54 using SEQ ID NO: 2 as the backbone or a corresponding position in another Termamyl-like &agr;-amylase for preparing glucose syrup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Barrie Edmund Norman, Hanne Vang Hendriksen
  • Method of producing saccharide preparations
    Patent number: 6136571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification stages takes place, and the subsequent steps of one or more high temperature membrane separation steps, and re-circulation of the saccharification enzyme, in which method the membrane separation steps are carried out as an integral part of the saccharification step. In another specific aspect, the invention provides a method of producing a saccharide preparation, which method comprises an enzymatic saccharification step, and the subsequent steps of one or more high temperature membrane separation steps and re-circulation of the saccharification enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Gin C. Liaw, Sven Pedersen, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Allan Svendsen, Bjarne R.o slashed.nfeldt Nielsen, Ruby Illum Nielsen
  • Method of producing saccharide preparations
    Patent number: 6129788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification stages takes place, and the subsequent steps of one or more high temperature membrane separation steps, and recirculation of the saccharification enzyme, in which method the membrane separation steps are carried out as an integral part of the saccharification step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Gin C. Liaw, Sven Pedersen, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Allan Svendsen, Bjarne R.o slashed.nfeldt Nielsen, Ruby Illum Nielsen