Patents Assigned to EPAX AS
  • Patent number: 9476008
    Abstract: A process for separating polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from less saturated long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) in a lipid composition, wherein said PUFAs and LCFAs are present as (i) triglycerides, or (ii) free fatty acids or monoalkyl esters, by exchange of at least a portion of LCFAs with short and/or medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs). The process can suitably be employed on marine derived oil, marine oil 2 derived oil products and other sources of PUFAs, including PUFA-rich singe cell oils (SCOs), and oils from genetically modified organisms with a modified lipid metabolism. The inventive process is based on novel use of lipases and distillation techniques, selectively chemically modifying species in the substrate material such that the desired species and chemically similar species become sufficiently dissimilar to be separable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Epax AS
    Inventors: Gudmundur G. Haraldsson, Bjorn Kristinsson
  • Publication number: 20130196393
    Abstract: A process for separating polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapen-taenoic acid (EPA) from less saturated long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) in a lipid composition, wherein said PUFAs and LCFAs are present as (i) triglycerides, or (ii) free fatty acids or monoalkyl esters, by exchange of at least a portion of LCFAs with short and/or medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs). The process can suitably be employed on marine derived oil, marine oil 2 derived oil products and other sources of PUFAs, including PUFA-rich singe cell oils (SCOs), and oils from genetically modified organisms with a modified lipid metabolism. The inventive process is based on novel use of lipases and distillation techniques, selectively chemically modifying species in the substrate material such that the desired species and chemically similar species become sufficiently dissimilar to be separable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: EPAX AS
    Inventors: Gudmundur G. Haraldsson, Bjorn Kristinsson
  • Publication number: 20110212183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions suitable for improving oxidative stability of marine oils, marine oils having improved oxidative stability as well as methods for manufacturing such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: EPAX AS
    Inventors: Harald Breivik, Charlotte Jacobsenq, Vidar Moen, Tania Vojnovic
  • Publication number: 20100197785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an omega-3 fortified composition, method for its production and use of said composition as a nutritional, food or pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: EPAX AS
    Inventor: Harald Breivik
  • Publication number: 20100081694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonist and a lipid component and to pharmaceutical ingredients comprising said ingredients. Such compositions are particularly suitable for the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of diseases such as diabetes, obesity and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: EPAX AS
    Inventors: Jan Kopecky, Martin Rossmeisl, Bjorn Refsum