Patents by Inventor Kim Borch

Kim Borch 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: 20170342351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising lipase variants. The present invention also relates to lipase variants and polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Jesper Vind
  • Patent number: 9809787
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method of obtaining a detergent composition comprising introducing (a) a lipase variant of a parent lipase which variant has at least 60% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, a substitution at a position corresponding to D254 of the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 and has lipase activity and (b) an anionic surfactant, wherein said composition has increased stability in comparison with a corresponding composition comprising the parent lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Marco Malten, Allan Svendsen, Kim Borch
  • Publication number: 20170292136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cellobiohydrolase 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: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Westh, Kim Borch, Trine Soerensen, Michael Windahl, Brett McBrayer
  • Publication number: 20170283843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cellobiohydrolase variants and carbohydrate binding module 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: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Westh, Kim Borch, Trine Soerensen, Michael Windahl, Brett McBrayer
  • Patent number: 9670470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having phospholipase A 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: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Sara Landvik, Marianne Linde Damstrup, Jesper Brask
  • Publication number: 20170137794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for modifying one or more characteristics of a lipase, comprising the step of associating a peptide to the lipase, wherein the peptide has at least 50% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of at least one major lipase contact zone of the propeptide of said lipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anna Verena Reiser, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia, Kim Borch, Christian I. Joergensen, Birgitte Andersen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20170114303
    Abstract: Provided are isolated polypeptides with lipase activity. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the polynucleotides and methods of using the polypeptides or the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ming Li, Tianqi Sun, Xianzhi Jiang, Han Bucong, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 9631164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides with lipase activity, selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide having at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under low stringency conditions, medium stringency conditions, medium-high stringency conditions, high stringency conditions, or very high stringency conditions with (i) SEQ ID NO: 3 or the full-length complement of (i); (c) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3; (d) a polypeptide which is a variant of SEQ ID NO: 4 comprising a substitution, deletion, and/or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Anna Verana Reiser, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Lone Baunsgaard, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia
  • Publication number: 20170096620
    Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptides having phospholipase C activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of reducing the phospholipid content in an oil composition using the polypeptide having phospholipase C activity as well as other relevant uses of the polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tianqi Sun, Ming Li, Kim Borch, Allan Noergaard, Jesper Brask, Marianne Linde Damstrup, Hanna Maria Lilbaek
  • Publication number: 20170096619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing the phospholipid content in an oil or fat composition and polypeptides having PI-specific phospholipase C activity as well as polypeptides having PC, PE-specific phospholipase C activity and combinations thereof capable of catalyzing this reduction. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Robert Piotr Olinski, Kim Borch, Allan Noergaard, Jesper Brask, Rune Falkenberg Haller, Marianne Linde Damstrup
  • Publication number: 20170015982
    Abstract: Provided are isolated polypeptides with lipase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ming Li, tianqi Sun, Xianshi Jiang, Lone Baunsgaard, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Han Bucong
  • Patent number: 9538771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having phospholipase C 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lan Tang, Ye Liu, Kim Borch, Jesper Brask
  • Publication number: 20160312196
    Abstract: Isolated polypeptides with lipase activity; polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ming Li, Tianqi Sun, Xianzhi Jiang, Lone Baunsgaard, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Han Bucong
  • Publication number: 20160289658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having phospholipase A 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: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Sara Landvik, Marianne Linde Damstrup, Jesper Brask
  • Publication number: 20160168547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase 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: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: Novozymes Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Suzanne Otani, Debbie Yaver, Haiyan Ge, Janine Lin, Christopher Amolo, Kim Borch, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Michael Lamsa, Barbara Cherry
  • Publication number: 20160160196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides with lipase activity, selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide having at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under low stringency conditions, medium stringency conditions, medium-high stringency conditions, high stringency conditions, or very high stringency conditions with (i) SEQ ID NO: 1 or the full-length complement of (i); (c)a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1; (d) a polypeptide which is a variant of SEQ ID NO: 2 comprising a substitution, deletion, and/or insertion at one or more (e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Anna Verena Reiser, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Lone Baunsgaard, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia
  • Publication number: 20160143309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having phospholipase C 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lan Tang, Ye Liu, Kim Borch, Jesper Brask
  • Patent number: 9303248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Suzanne Otani, Debbie Yaver, Haiyan Ge, Janine Lin, Christopher Amolo, Kim Borch, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Michael Lamsa, Barbara Cherry
  • Publication number: 20160076012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a variant of a parent lipase which variant has lipase activity, has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, and comprises substitutions at positions corresponding to T231R+N233R and at least one or more (e.g., several) of D96E, D111A, D254S, G163K, P256T, G91T, and G38A of SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention also relates to use of the compositions, methods of producing the compositions, and methods of cleaning. The present invention furthermore relates to variants and polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marco Malten, Kim Borch, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Luise Erlandsen, Hanne Philbert Nielsen, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Allan Svendsen, Christian Lundager Glystorff, Jesper Vind, Christian Jackel
  • Patent number: 9279110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having phospholipase C 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lan Tang, Ye Liu, Kim Borch, Jesper Brask