Patents Represented by Attorney Kristin J. McNamara

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  • Asparaginases
    Patent number: 7829320
    Abstract: The invention relates to new asparaginases having improved properties, preferably improved thermotolerance, such as improved activity at high temperatures and/or improved thermostability. The invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding such improved asparaginases, their production in a recombinant host cell, as well as methods of using the asparaginases, in particular for reduction of acrylamide in foods. The invention furthermore relates to methods of generating and preparing asparaginase variants having improved properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tomoko Matsui, Esben Peter Friis, Akihiko Yamagishi
  • Subtilase variants having altered lmmunogenicity
    Patent number: 7824896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subtilase subtilases with an altered immunogenicity, particularly subtilases with a reduced allergenicity. Furthermore, the invention relates to expression of said subtilase variants and subtilases and to their use, such as in detergents and oral care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Stefan Minning, Henriette Draborg, Erwing Ludo Roggen, Nanna Kristensen Soni, Ninna Willestofte Berg, Stina Thulesen Lyngstrand
  • Subtilases
    Patent number: 7816115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel JP170 like subtilases from wild-type bacteria, hybrids thereof and to methods of construction and production of these proteases. Further, the present invention relates to use of the claimed subtilases in detergents, such as a laundry or an automatic dishwashing detergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Preben Nielsen, Poul Erik Pedersen, Helle Outtrup
  • Subtilases
    Patent number: 7811979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel JP170 like subtilases from wild-type bacteria, hybrids thereof and to methods of construction and production of these proteases. Further, the present invention relates to use of the claimed subtilases in detergents, such as a laundry or an automatic dishwashing detergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Preben Nielsen, Poul Erik Pedersen, Helle Outtrup
  • Family GH 61 polypeptides
    Patent number: 7803590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Sara Landvik, Tina Spendler, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Polypeptides having lipase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 7781200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new wild-type lipase, its nucleic acid sequences and the amino acid sequences thereof. This new lipase shows washing performance in the form of wild-type. The present invention also relates to the method for producing the lipase and the uses of the lipase in baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Xiao Mei Niu, Ye Liu, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Signe Munk
  • Subtilases
    Patent number: 7741095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel JP170 like subtilases from wild-type bacteria, hybrids thereof and to methods of construction and production of these proteases. Further, the present invention relates to use of the claimed subtilases in detergents, such as a laundry or an automatic dishwashing detergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Preben Nielsen, Poul Erik Pedersen, Helle Outtrup
  • Automated mechanical stress assay for screening cleaning ingredients
    Patent number: 7736589
    Abstract: A method for testing cleaning effect of a compound or compositions is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) Preparing a liquid sample of less than 10 ml comprising the test compound, (b) applying liquid sample to a stained surface, (c) applying mechanical stress to the stained surface by contacting it with a body present in the liquid sample, (d) evaluating the cleaning effect of applying solution and mechanical stress on the stained surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Georg Rudolf Theobald Bechmann, Steven Paul Georges Cooremans, Michael Godskesen, Soren Kjaerulff
  • Polypeptides of
    Patent number: 7666649
    Abstract: The invention relates to functional polypeptides secreted from Botryospaeria rhodina CBS 274.96.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lene Lange, Pernille Uldall Stephensen
  • Asparaginases
    Patent number: 7666652
    Abstract: The invention relates to new asparaginases having improved properties, preferably improved thermotolerance, such as improved activity at high temperatures and/or improved thermostability. The invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding such improved asparaginases, their production in a recombinant host cell, as well as methods of using the asparaginases, in particular for reduction of acrylamide in foods. The invention furthermore relates to methods of generating and preparing asparaginase variants having improved properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tomoko Matsui, Esben Peter Friis, Akihiko Yamagishi
  • Lipolytic enzymes variants
    Patent number: 7638317
    Abstract: The inventors have developed improved polypeptides by substituting or deleting specified amino acids in fungal lipolytic enzymes. More particularly, the polypeptides result in a reduction of dough stickiness when they are added to a dough. The polypeptides may particularly have activity on polar lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Luise Erlandsen, Jesper Vind, Allan Svendsen, Christel Thea Jorgensen
  • Lipolytic enzyme variants
    Patent number: 7632669
    Abstract: The substrate specificity of a lipolytic enzyme can be modified by making alterations to the amino acid sequence in a defined region of the lipolytic enzyme, so as to increase the level of a desired activity or to decrease the level of an undesired activity. Thus, the inventors have developed lipolytic enzyme variants with a modified amino acid sequence with a substrate specificity which can be tailored for specific uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirsten Bojsen, Allan Svendsen, Claus Crone Fuglsang, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Kim Borch, Jesper Vind, Andreas Petri, Sanne O. Schroder Glad, Gitte Budolfsen
  • Variant lipolytic enzymes
    Patent number: 7465570
    Abstract: The inventors have developed improved polypeptides by substituting or deleting specified amino acids in fungal lipolytic enzymes. More particularly, the polypeptides result in a reduction of dough stickiness when they are added to a dough. The polypeptides may particularly have activity on polar lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Luise Erlandsen, Jesper Vind, Allan Svendsen, Christel Thea Jorgensen