Patents by Inventor Wenping Wu

Wenping Wu 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).

  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9365843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Junxin Duan, Lan Tang, Wenping Wu
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9309504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase I Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20160046919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Enzymes for Starch Processing
    Publication number: 20160040205
    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: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9187739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Polypeptides Having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20150240224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Junxin Duan, Lan Tang, Wenping Wu
  • Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase I Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20150218542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9051376
    Abstract: Provided are isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Junxin Duan, Lan Tang, Wenping Wu
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8993299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8986969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20150047075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Lan Tang, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Randall Kramer
  • Enzymes for Starch Processing
    Publication number: 20140370553
    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: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8865446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Lan Tang, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Randall Kramer
  • Enzymes for starch processing
    Patent number: 8841091
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Novozymes Als, Novozymec North America Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Thermostable Alpha-Amylases
    Publication number: 20140206045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity with amino acids 22 to 450 of SEQ ID NO: 4; b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity with the polypeptide encoded by the amylase encoding part of the polynucleotide inserted into a plasmid present in the E. coli host deposited under the Budapest Treaty with DSMZ under accession number DSM 15334; c) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence which has at least 70% identity with the sequence shown from position 68 to 1417 in SEQ ID NO: 3; and d) a fragment of (a), (b) or (c) that has alpha-amylase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lan Tang, Wenping Wu, Junxin Duan, Pia Francke Johannesen
  • ENZYMES FOR STARCH PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20140127753
    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: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20140075603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Lan Tang, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Randall Kramer
  • Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase I Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20140051143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase I Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20140051142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Detergent Compositions Comprising Mettaloproteases
    Publication number: 20140038876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of M7 or M35 Metalloproteases in cleaning processes, such as laundry and dish wash. The invention also relates to detergent compositions and cleaning compositions comprising M7 or M35 Metalloproteases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Østergaard, Esben Peter Friis, Astrid Benie, Tine Hoff, Lan Tang, Wenping Wu