Patents by Inventor Thijs Kaper

Thijs Kaper 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: 20200354708
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is one or more subtilisin variant, nucleic acid encoding same, and compositions and methods related to the production and use thereof, including one or more subtilisin variant that has improved stability compared to one or more reference subtilisin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Lilia Maria Babe, Viktor Yuryevich Alekseyev, Joshua Roy Basler, H. Billur Engin, David A. Estell, Roopa Santosh Ghirnikar, Frits Goedegebuur, Thijs Kaper, Mulder Harm, Sina Pricelius, Thans Sander Van Stigt
  • Publication number: 20200056216
    Abstract: The present compositions and methods relate to a beta-glucosidase from Glomerella graminicola, polynucleotides encoding the beta-glucosidase, and methods of making and/or use thereof. Formulations containing the beta-glucosidase may be suitable for use in hydrolyzing lignocellulosic biomass substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Bower, Jimmy Chan, Meredith K. Fujdala, Thijs Kaper, Suzanne E. Lantz, Kirstin Y. Nose Crotty, Amr R. Toppozada
  • Publication number: 20200024552
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, David Aaron ESTELL, Lilia Maria BABE, Thijs KAPER, Viktor ALEKSEYEV, Sina PRICELIUS, Hatice Billur ENGIN, Harm Jan MULDER, Sander VAN STIGT-THANS, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT VINUESA
  • Publication number: 20200010782
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, David Aaron ESTELL, Lilia Maria BABE, Thijs KAPER, Viktor ALEKSEYEV, Sina PRICELIUS, Hatice Billur ENGIN, Harm Jan MULDER, Sander VAN STIGT-THANS, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT VINUESA
  • Patent number: 10479983
    Abstract: Disclosed are glycosyl hydrolase enzyme variants, particularly variants of certain oxidoreductases of glycosyl hydrolase family 61. Nucleic acids encoding the glycosyl hydrolyase variants, compositions including the glycosyl hydrolase variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods of using the variants are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC
    Inventors: Nicholai Douglas, Maria Foukaraki, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Hommes, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Slavko Kralj, Suzanne E. Lantz, Jonathan K. Lassila, Igor Nikolaev, Daniel Esteban Torres-Pazmino, Wilhelmus Van Der Kley, Johannes Franciscus Thomas Van Lieshout, Sander Van Stigt Thans
  • Publication number: 20190330610
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is one or more subtilisin variant. nucleic acid encoding same. and compositions and methods related to the production and use thereof. including one or more Bacillus gibsonii-clade subtilisin variant that has improved soil removal compared to one or more reference subtilisin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Lilia Maria Babe, Lydia Dankmeyer, Frits Goedegebuur, Thijs Kaper, Harm Mulder, Sina Pricelius
  • Publication number: 20190185788
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising i) a protease wherein the protease is a variant having at least 60% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and comprising at least one amino acid substitution (using the SEQ ID NO: 1 numbering) selected from the group consisting of X54T; X126A, D, G, V, E, K, I; X127E, S, T, A, P, G, C; and X128E, C, T, D, P, G, L, Y, N; and ii) from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of a complexing agent system comprising from 0 to less than 30% by weight of the composition of citric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Michelle JACKSON, Eva Maria PEREZ-PRAT de VINUESA, David John TARBIT, Philip Frank SOUTER, Lilia Maria BABE, David Aaron ESTELL, Frits GOEDEGEBUUR, Harm Jan MULDER, Sina PRICELIUS, Lydia DANKMEYER, Thijs KAPER, Hatice Billur ENGIN
  • Publication number: 20190185789
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including: a) a protease wherein the protease is a variant having at least 60% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2 including two negatively charged amino acid residues, aspartic acid (D) and/or glutamic acid (E), in positions 124-131 using the SEQ ID NO: 1 numbering and the SEQ ID NO:2, respectively; and b) from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of a complexing agent system comprising from 0 to less than 30% by weight of the composition of citric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Eva Maria Perez-Prat de Vinuesa, Lilia Maria Babe, David Aaron Estell, Frits Goedegebuur, Harm Jan Mulder, Sina Pricelius, Lydia Dankmeyer, Thijs Kaper, Hatice Billur Engin
  • Publication number: 20190169585
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to glycosyl hydrolase enzymes, compositions comprising such enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes and compositions, for example for the saccharification of cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials into sugars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Bower, Mark Emptage, William D. Hitz, Megan Yee Hsi, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Steven Kim, Suzanne E. Lantz, Edmund A. Larenas, Colin Mitchinson, Keith Dumont Wing
  • Publication number: 20190169587
    Abstract: Disclosed are glycosyl hydrolase enzyme variants, particularly variants of certain oxidoreductases of glycosyl hydrolase family 61. Nucleic acids encoding the glycosyl hydrolyase variants, compositions including the glycosyl hydrolase variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods of using the variants are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: MARIA FOUKARAKI, RONALDUS WILHELMUS JOANNES HOMMES, THIJS KAPER, BRADLEY R. KELEMEN, SLAVKO KRALJ, SUZANNE E. LANTZ, IGOR NIKOLAEV, WILHELMUS ANTONIUS HENDRICUS VAN DER KLEIJ, JOHANNES FRANCISCUS THOMAS VAN LIESHOUT, SANDER VAN STIGT THANS
  • Patent number: 10273465
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to glycosyl hydrolase enzymes, compositions comprising such enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes and compositions, for example for the saccharification of cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials into sugars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bower, Megan Yee Hsi, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Suzanne E. Lantz, Edmund A. Larenas, Colin Mitchinson, Steven Kim, William D. Hitz, Mark Emptage, Keith Dumont Wing
  • Patent number: 10167460
    Abstract: Disclosed are glycosyl hydrolase enzyme variants, particularly variants of certain oxidoreductases of glycosyl hydrolase family 61. Nucleic acids encoding the glycosyl hydrolyase variants, compositions including the glycosyl hydrolase variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods of using the variants are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC
    Inventors: Maria Foukaraki, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Hommes, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Slavko Kralj, Suzanne E. Lantz, Igor Nikolaev, Wilhelmus Van Der Kley, Johan Franciscus Thomas Van Lieshout, Sander Van Stigt Thans
  • Patent number: 10081802
    Abstract: Disclosed are glycosyl hydrolase enzyme variants, particularly variants of certain oxidoreductases of glycosyl hydrolase family 61. Nucleic acids encoding the glycosyl hydrolyase variants, compositions including the glycosyl hydrolase variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods of using the variants are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Maria Foukaraki, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Hommes, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Slavko Kralj, Suzanne E. Lantz, Igor Nikolaev, Wilhelmus Van Der Kley, Johannes Franciscus Thomas Van Lieshout, Sander Van Stigt Thans
  • Publication number: 20180119125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions that can be used in hydrolyzing biomass such as compositions comprising a polypeptide having ?-glucosidase activity, methods for hydrolyzing biomass material, and methods for improving the stability and saccharification efficacy of a composition comprising such ?-glucosidase polypeptides and/or activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: THIJS KAPER, IGOR NIKOLAEV, SUZANNE E. LANTZ, Meredith K. Fujdala, Megan Y. Hsi
  • Patent number: 9938551
    Abstract: Disclosed are a number of homologs and variants of Hypocrea jecorina Ce17A (formerly Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I or CBH1), nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for producing the same. The homologs and variant cellulases have the amino acid sequence of a glycosyl hydrolase of family 7A wherein one or more amino acid residues are substituted and/or deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC
    Inventors: Richard R. Bott, Maria Foukaraki, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Hommes, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Slavko Kralj, Igor Nikolaev, Mats Sandgren, Johannes Franciscus Thomas Van Lieshout, Sander Van Stigt Thans
  • Publication number: 20180002683
    Abstract: Provided are certain glycosyl hydrolase family 3 (GH3) beta-xylosidases engineered to acquire beta-glucosidase activities. Provided also are compositions comprising such multi-functional GH3 enzymes and methods of use or industrial applications thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Zachary Q. Beck, Meredith K. Fujdala, Henrik Hansson, Thijs Kaper, Slavko Kralj, Amy D. Liu, Nils Egil Mikkelsen, Mats Sandgren
  • Publication number: 20170362621
    Abstract: Provided are certain glycosyl hydrolase family 3 (GH3) beta-glucosidase enzymes engineered to acquire beta-xylosidase activities. Provided also are compositions comprising multi-functional GH3 enzymes and methods of use or industrial applications thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Zachary Q. Beck, Meredith K. Fujdala, Henrik Hansson, Thijs Kaper, Slavko Kralj, Amy D. Liu, Nils Egil Mikkelsen, Mats Sandgren
  • Publication number: 20170349922
    Abstract: The present compositions and methods relate to a beta-glucosidase from Glomerella graminicola, polynucleotides encoding the beta-glucosidase, and methods of making and/or use thereof. Formulations containing the beta-glucosidase may be suitable for use in hydrolyzing lignocellulosic biomass substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Bemjamin S. Bower, Jimmy Chan, Meredith K. Fujdala, Thijs Kaper, Suzanne E. Lantz, Kirstin Y. Nose Crotty, Amr R. Toppozada
  • Patent number: 9701969
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to filamentous fungal host strains and recombinant DNA constructs for creation and use thereof. The filamentous fungal host strains are particularly useful for efficiently screening DNA libraries encoding recombinant proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Bower, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen
  • Patent number: 9695407
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cellulase variants. In particular the present disclosure relates to cellulase variants having reduced binding to non-cellulosic materials. Also described are nucleic acids encoding the cellulase, compositions comprising said cellulase, methods of identifying cellulose variants and methods of using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC
    Inventors: Luis Cascao-Pereira, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Amy D. Liu