Patents Represented by Attorney Eric J. Fechter

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  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8288615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase 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 for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Søren Flensted Lassen, Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Kristian Krogh
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8278507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase 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 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes, A/S
    Inventors: Ye Liu, Lan Tang, Paul Harris, Wenping Wu
  • Modified messenger RNA stabilizing sequences for expressing genes in bacterial cells
    Patent number: 8268586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing a polypeptide having biological activity in a bacterial cell, comprising: (a) cultivating a bacterial host cell in a medium conducive for production of the polypeptide, wherein the bacterial host cell comprises a nucleic acid construct comprising a promoter region operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide and a modified mRNA processing/stabilizing sequence located downstream of the promoter region and upstream of the ribosome binding site of the polynucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide, wherein the modified mRNA processing/stabilizing sequence promotes higher expression of the polynucleotide sequence compared to an unmodified mRNA processing/stabilizing sequence; and (b) isolating the polypeptide having biological activity from the cultivation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas, Gloria Erichsen, William Widner
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8258370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase 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 for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes, A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Sarah Teter, Kimberly Brown
  • chromosome
    Patent number: 8168417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide of the complete chromosome of Bacillus licheniformis. The present invention also relates to isolated genes of the chromosome of Bacillus licheniformis which encode biologically active substances and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the genes as well as methods for producing biologically active substances encoded by the genes and to methods of using the isolated genes of the complete chromosome of Bacillus licheniformis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Berka, Michael Rey, Preethi Ramaiya, Jens Tønne Andersen, Michael Dolberg Rasmussen, Peter Bjarke Olsen
  • Polypeptides having C4 dicarboxylic acid transporter activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8158395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having C4-dicarboxylic acid transporter 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, and methods of producing C4-dicarboxylic acids, such as malic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Fischer, Debbie Yaver
  • chromosome-encoded endoglucanase
    Patent number: 7863032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide of the complete chromosome of Bacillus licheniformis. The present invention also relates to isolated genes of the chromosome of Bacillus licheniformis which encode biologically active substances and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the genes as well as methods for producing biologically active substances encoded by the genes and to methods of using the isolated genes of the complete chromosome of Bacillus licheniformis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Randy Berka, Michael Rey, Preethi Ramaiya, Jens Tønne Andersen, Michael Dolberg Rasmussen, Peter Bjarke Olsen
  • Polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 7851193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase 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: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Alfredo Lopez de Leon, Michael Rey