Patents Represented by Attorney Cheryl Agris

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  • Method for dehairing of hides or skins by means of enzymes
    Patent number: 5834299
    Abstract: The invention relates to an environmentally friendly method for dehairing of hides or skins by means of enzymes comprising the following steps: 1) the hides or skins are soaked, 2) the soaked hides or skins are subjected to a main soak, and 3) the thus treated hides or skins are dehaired by addition of water, exposure to mechanical influence and subjection to at least one protease, characterized in that the hides or skins are subjected to at least one protein disulfide redox agent at least one time during step 1) to 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventor: Lars Peter Andersen
  • Use of 3,4-diphenyl chromans for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of cerebral degenerative disorders
    Patent number: 5827873
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel uses of compounds of general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are individually hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or (tertiary amino)(lower alkoxy); and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are individually hydrogen or lower alkyl, or as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of cerebral degenerative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Niels Korsgaard, Michael Shalmi, Birgitte Hjort Guldhammer
  • Nucleic acids encoding polyeptides having absidia lipase activity
    Patent number: 5821102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having Absidia lipase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing the polypeptides. The invention further relates to compositions comprising the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignees: Novo Nordisk Biotech Inc., Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Randy M. Berka, Karuppan Chettiar Boominathan, Thomas Sandal
  • Pyrido-1,2,4-thiadiazine and pyrido-1,4-thiazine derivatives, their preparation and use
    Patent number: 5792764
    Abstract: Pyrido-1,2,4-thiadiazine and pyrido-1,4-thiazine derivatives represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein A, B, D, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are defined in the description, compositions thereof and methods for preparing the compounds are described. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system, pulmonary system, the gastrointestinal system and the endocrinologic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Bernard Pirotte, Philippe Lebrun, Pascal De Tullio, Fabian Somers, Jacques Delarge, Holger Claus Hansen, Flemming Elmelund Nielsen, John Bondo Hansen