Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Udagawa

Hiroaki Udagawa 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: 20100304433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Christian Isak Jørgensen
  • Publication number: 20100273980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide having PepC inhibitory activity as well as to a method for producing a heterologous polypeptide of interest in an Aspergillus host cell comprising: (a) cultivating the Aspergillus host cell comprising a first and a second nucleic acid sequences under conditions conducive for the expression of the polypeptides encoded by the said first and second nucleic acid sequences, and wherein the first nucleic acid sequence encodes a heterologous polypeptide of interest and the second nucleic acid encodes the inhibitor polypeptide of the invention, and wherein the inhibitor polypeptide is expressed from a recombinant nucleic acid construct resulting in an increased level of the inhibitor polypeptide compared to an Aspergillus host cell not comprising the recombinant nucleic acid construct; and (b) recovering the heterologous polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jan Lehmbeck, Hiroaki Udagawa
  • Publication number: 20100216213
    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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Sara Landvik, Michiko Ihara, Jiyin Liu, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Shiro Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20080090271
    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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Sara Landvik, Michiko Ihara, Jiyin Liu, Chee-Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Shiro Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 7326548
    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 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignees: Novozymes Als, Novezymes Noth America, Inc
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Sara Landvik, Michiko Ihara, Jiyin Liu, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Shiro Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20060172403
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Sara Landvik, Michiko Ihara, Jiyin Liu, Chee Soong, Eric Allain, Shiro Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20060148054
    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: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Andersen
  • Publication number: 20050158844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing or eliminating the expression of a target gene in a filamentous fungal strain, comprising: (a) inserting into the genome of the filamentous fungal strain a double-stranded transcribable nucleic acid construct comprising a first nucleotide sequence comprising a promoter operably linked to a homologous coding region of the target gene and a second nucleotide sequence comprising the homologous coding region, or a portion thereof, of the target gene, wherein the first and second nucleotide sequences are complementary to each other and the second nucleotide sequence is in reverse orientation relative to the first nucleotide sequence; and (b) inducing production of an interfering RNA encoded by the double-stranded transcribable nucleic acid construct by cultivating the filamentous fungal strain under conditions conducive for production of the interfering RNA; wherein the interfering RNA interacts with RNA transcripts of the target gene to reduce or eliminate exp
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicants: Novozymes Biotech, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Howard Brody, Suchindra Maiyuran, Hiroaki Udagawa
  • Publication number: 20050054071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and a fungal alpha-amylase amino acid sequence and to a variant of a fungal wild type enzyme comprising a carbohydrate-binding module and an alpha-amylase catalytic module. The invention also relates to the use of the hybrid enzyme or the variant in starch liquefaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Rikako Taira, Shinobu Takagi, Eric Allain, Carsten Hjort, Anders Vikso-Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20050009068
    Abstract: The inventors have isolated lysophospholipases from Aspergillus (A. niger and A. oryzae) having molecular masses of about 68 kDa and amino acid sequences of 600-604 amino acid residues. The novel lysophospholipases have only a limited homology to known amino acid sequences. The inventors also isolated genes encoding the novel enzymes and cloned them into E. coli strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Torben Frandsen, Tom Nielsen, Markus Kauppinen, Soren Christensen
  • Patent number: 6759225
    Abstract: The inventors have isolated lysophospholipases from Aspergillus (A. niger and A. oryzae) having molecular masses of about 68 kDa and amino acid sequences of 600-604 amino acid residues. The novel lysophospholipases have only a limited homology to known amino acid sequences. The inventors also isolated genes encoding the novel enzymes and cloned them into E. coli strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Torben Peter Frandsen, Tom Anton Busk Nielsen, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Soren Christensen
  • Publication number: 20030119164
    Abstract: The inventors have isolated lysophospholipases from Aspergillus (A. niger and A. oryzae) having molecular masses of about 68 kDa and amino acid sequences of 600-604 amino acid residues. The novel lysophospholipases have only a limited homology to known amino acid sequences. The inventors also isolated genes encoding the novel enzymes and cloned them into E. coli strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Torben Peter Frandsen, Tom Anton Busk Nielsen, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Soren Christensen
  • Patent number: 6514739
    Abstract: The inventors have isolated lysophospholipases from Aspergillus (A. niger and A. oryzae) having molecular masses of about 68 kDa and amino acid sequences of 600-604 amino acid residues. The novel lysophospholipases have only a limited homology to known amino acid sequences. The inventors also isolated genes encoding the novel enzymes and cloned them into E. coli strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Torben Peter Frandsen, Tom Anton Busk Nielsen, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Søren Christensen