Patents by Inventor Niels Banke
Niels Banke 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).
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Patent number: 11312741Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining an N-acetylglucosamine containing neutral oligosaccharide from a fermentation broth, wherein said oligosaccharide is produced by culturing a genetically modified microorganism capable of producing said oligosaccharide from an internalized carbohydrate precursor, comprising the steps of: i) ultrafiltration (UF), preferably to separate biomass from the broth, ii) nanofiltration (NF), preferably to concentrate said oligosaccharide in the broth and/or reduce an inorganic salt content of the broth, and iii) treating the broth with an ion exchange resin, preferably to remove charged materials, and/or subjecting the broth to chromatography, preferably to remove hydrophobic impurities.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: GLYCOM A/SInventors: Pierre Chassagne, Nikolay Khanzhin, Martin Matwiejuk, Markus Jondelius Hederos, Niels Banke
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Publication number: 20190119314Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining an N-acetylglucosamine containing neutral oligosaccharide from a fermentation broth, wherein said oligosaccharide is produced by culturing a genetically modified microorganism capable of producing said oligosaccharide from an internalized carbohydrate precursor, comprising the steps of: i) ultrafiltration (UF), preferably to separate biomass from the broth, ii) nanofiltration (NF), preferably to concentrate said oligosaccharide in the broth and/or reduce an inorganic salt content of the broth, and iii) treating the broth with an ion exchange resin, preferably to remove charged materials, and/or subjecting the broth to chromatography, preferably to remove hydrophobic impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Pierre CHASSAGNE, Nikolay KHANZHIN, Martin MATWIEJUK, Markus JONDELIUS HEDEROS, Niels BANKE
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Patent number: 9732331Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated synthetic polynucleotide encoding the mature amylase AX856 from Bacillus akibai, using codon modified polynucleotide constructs for the expression of the amylase.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Jens Toenne Andersen, Niels Banke
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Patent number: 9347080Abstract: A method for fermenting a microorganism, producing a compound of interest, in a culture medium comprising: adding a browned glucose solution to the culture medium, wherein the browned glucose solution is a glucose solution that has been acid treated and heated to a temperature of at least 90 degrees Celsius, and wherein the glucose solution has a concentration of at least 500 g/l.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventor: Niels Banke
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Publication number: 20160122772Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a natively non-secreted polypeptide without a secretion signal in a Bacillus host cell and recovering the polypeptide without performing a lysis step as well as to a Bacillus host cell comprising one or more exogenous or heterologous polynucleotides encoding a natively non-secreted polypeptide with no secretion signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Niels Banke, Michael Dolberg Rasmussen, Poul Erik Pedersen, Martin Simon Borchert
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Publication number: 20160115463Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated synthetic polynucleotide encoding the mature amylase AX856 from Bacillus akibai, using codon modified polynucleotide constructs for the expression of the amylase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Jens Toenne Andersen, Niels Banke
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Publication number: 20150147783Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated mutant eubacterium comprising at least one mutation resulting in a substitution of at least one amino acid in the beta-subunit of the RNA-polymerase encoded for by the rpoB-gene providing an altered production of a product of interest when said production of a product of interest is compared to the production of the same product in an isogenic wild type strain grown at identical conditions, wherein the substitution of at least one amino acid occurs at any of positions 469, 478, 482, 485, or 487 of SEQ ID NO:2, or at the equivalent positions in any eubacterial RNA-polymerase beta-subunit family member. Another aspect of the invention relates to a process for producing at least one product of interest in a mutant eubacterium and to a use of the mutant eubacterium according to the invention for producing at least one product of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Steen Troels Joergensen, Jens Toenne Andersen, Niels Banke, Preben Nielsen
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Publication number: 20140199752Abstract: A method of producing an enzyme of interest in a fed-batch cultivation comprising: a) cultivating a microorganism in a culture medium conducive to its growth wherein the microorganism produces the enzyme of interest; and b) adding a manganese compound to the culture medium one or more times during the cultivation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Jon Martin Persson, Niels Banke
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Publication number: 20130309722Abstract: A method for fermenting a microorganism, producing a compound of interest, in a culture medium comprising: adding a browned glucose solution to the culture medium, wherein the browned glucose solution is a glucose solution that has been acid treated and heated to a temperature of at least 90 degrees Celsius, and wherein the glucose solution has a concentration of at least 500 g/l.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventor: Niels Banke
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Publication number: 20110306139Abstract: A mutated bacterial cell producing at least one heterologous polypeptide of interest, wherein said cell has a reduced expression-level of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 70% identical to the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, when compared with an otherwise isogenic but non-mutated cell; methods for producing said mutated cell; and methods for producing a polypeptide of interest using said mutated cell. SEQ ID NO: 2 represents a putative metalloprotease.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Allan Kent Nielsen, Michael Dolberg Rasmussen, Niels Banke
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Publication number: 20100173286Abstract: A mutated bacterial cell producing at least one heterologous polypeptide of interest, wherein said cell has a reduced expression-level of YugJ (SEQ ID NO: 2) or a homologue thereof when compared with an otherwise isogenic but non-mutated cell; methods for producing said cell, and methods for producing a polypeptide of interest using said cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Jon Martin Persson, Allan Kent Nielsen, Niels Banke
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Publication number: 20090317865Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated mutant eubacterium comprising at least one mutation resulting in a substitution of at least one amino acid in the beta-subunit of the RNA-polymerase encoded for by the rpoB-gene providing an altered production of a product of interest when said production of a product of interest is compared to the production of the same product in an isogenic wild type strain grown at identical conditions, wherein the substitution of at least one amino acid occurs at any of positions 469, 478, 482, 485, or 487 of SEQ ID NO:2, or at the equivalent positions in any eubacterial RNA-polymererase beta-subunit family member. Another aspect of the invention relates to a process for producing at least one product of interest in a mutant eubacterium and to a use of the mutant eubacterium according to the invention for producing at least one product of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Steen Troels Jørgensen, Jens Toenne Andersen, Niels Banke, Preben Nielsen
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Publication number: 20070259404Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods of producing S2A (or S1E) proteases in Gram-positive expression host cells, the method comprising the steps of (a) cultivating in a fed-batch fermentation a Gram-positive cell comprising at least one polynucleotide encoding the heterologous S2A/S1E protease under conditions conducive for production of the protease, wherein at least 20% of the duration of said cultivating takes place at a temperature of below 36.5OC; and (b) recovering the protease.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2005Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Steen Jorgensen, Niels Banke, Mogens Wumpelmann
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Publication number: 20060127974Abstract: A method for recovering a protein of interest from a culture solution comprising: adding a polyol having the formula CnH2n+2On, wherein n is from 4 to 8, and/or a carbohydrate, and/or a derivative thereof, to the culture solution during recovery processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2003Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Svend Kaasgaard, Niels Banke, Kim Hansen
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Publication number: 20050095669Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated mutant eubacterium comprising at least one mutation resulting in a substitution of at least one amino acid in the beta-subunit of the RNA-polymerase encoded for by the rpoB-gene providing an altered production of a product of interest when said production of a product of interest is compared to the production of the same product in an isogenic wild type strain grown at identical conditions, wherein the substitution of at least one amino acid occurs at any of the positions 469, 478, 482, 485, or 487 of SEQ ID NO:2, or at the equivalent positions in any eubacterial RNA-polymererase beta-sub-unit family member. Another aspect of the invention relates to a process for producing at least one product of interest in a mutant eubacterium and to a use of the mutant eubacterium according to the invention for producing at least one product of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Steen Joergensen, Jens Toenne, Niels Banke, Preben Nielsen
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Publication number: 20040033567Abstract: A method for the production of an enzyme of interest, on an industrial scale, comprisingType: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Mogens Wumpelmann, Niels Banke, Soren Michaelsen