Patents by Inventor Mary Ann Stringer

Mary Ann Stringer 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).

  • Asparaginases and method of preparing a heat-treated product
    Patent number: 8124396
    Abstract: The formation of acrylamide during heat treatment in the production of a food product is reduced by treating the raw material with an enzyme before the heat treatment. The enzyme is capable of reacting on asparagine or glutamine (optionally substituted) as a substrate or is a laccase or a peroxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Gitte Budolfsen, Morten Tovborg Jensen, Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Mary Ann Stringer, Lene Lange
  • Phospholipase
    Patent number: 7972806
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Christian Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Tine Muxoll Fatum, Shamkant Anant Patkar
  • Expression Cloning Methods In Filamentous Fungi
    Publication number: 20110059862
    Abstract: Methods for screening a polynucleotide library for a polypeptide with a property of interest in a filamentous fungal host cell, in a manner which allows quick and easy subsequent characterization of the polypeptide, using an expression cloning vector comprising at least a polynucleotide encoding a selectable marker in which the translation initiation start site of the marker-encoding sequence comprises a crippled consensus Kozak sequence, a fungal replication initiation sequence, and a promoter with a cloning-site into which the library is cloned, and a transcription terminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: MARY ANN STRINGER, KIRK SCHNORR, JESPER VIND
  • Polypeptides Having Ferulic Acid Esterase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20110053213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having ferulic acid esterase 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: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christel Thea Joergensen, Mary Ann Stringer, Eva Holm Hansen, Dominique Aubert Shovlund, Kristian Bertel Roemer Moerkeberg Krogh
  • Amylase
    Patent number: 7666650
    Abstract: The inventors have identified amylases in fungal strains of Valsaria and found that the amylase can increase the shelf life of baked products. Particularly, the novel amylase in combination with a maltogenic amylase further improves the softness of bread crumb without having detrimental effects on elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: NovoZymes A/S
    Inventors: Liu Ye, Tang Lan, Tina Spendler, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Prcoess for Reducing Acrylamide
    Publication number: 20090074915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of cooked vegetable food materials having reduced levels of acrylamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Procter & Gamble, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Mary Ann Stringer, Steffen Ernst, Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Richard Gerard Schafermeyer, Patrick Joseph Corrigan
  • PHOSPHOLIPASE
    Publication number: 20080260903
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Tine Muxoll Fatum, Shamkant Anant Patkar
  • Phospholipase
    Patent number: 7396807
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Tine Muxoll Fatum, Shamkant Anant Patkar
  • Asparaginases and method of preparing a heat-treated product
    Patent number: 7396670
    Abstract: The formation of acrylamide during heat treatment in the production of a food product is reduced by treating the raw material with an enzyme before the heat treatment. The enzyme is capable of reacting on asparagine or glutamine (optionally substituted) as a substrate or is a laccase or a peroxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Gitte Budolfsen, Morten Tovborg Jensen, Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Phospholipase
    Patent number: 7148032
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Christian Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Tine Muxoll Fatum, Shamkant Anant Patkar
  • Phospholipase
    Publication number: 20040253680
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Tine Muxoll Fatum, Shamkant Anant Patkar
  • Xyloglucanase from Malbranchea
    Patent number: 6500658
    Abstract: An isolated or purified polypeptide having xyloglucanase activity which is obtained from a strain of the genus Malbranchea and has xyloglucanase activity in the pH range 4-11, measured at 50° C.; and/or a molecular mass of 25±10 kDa, as determined by SDS-PAGE; and/or an isoelectric point (pI) in the range 3-5; and/or an N-terminal sequence Ala-Asp-Phe-Cys-Gly-Gln-Xaa-Asp-Ser-Glu-Gln-Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ile-Val-Tyr-Asn-Asn-Leu is useful in industrial applications such as in laundry detergent compositions and for treatment of textiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Novozymes, A/S
    Inventors: Wenping Wu, Martin Schulein, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Acidic phospholipase, production and methods using thereof
    Patent number: 6127137
    Abstract: An acidic phospholipase is obtained from a strain of the genus Hyphozyma. It is able to hydrolyze both fatty acyl groups in intact phospholipid. Advantageously, it has no lipase activity and is active at very low pH; these properties make it very suitable for use in oil degumming, as enzymatic and alkaline hydrolysis (saponification) of the oil can both be suppressed. The phospholipase is not membrane bound, making it suitable for commercial production and purification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Miyoko Hasida, Noriko Tsutsumi, Torben Halkier, Mary Ann Stringer