Patents Assigned to Novozyme A/S
  • SUBTILASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20240132807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel protease variants exhibiting improved stability and or improved wash performance in liquid detergent. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Astrid Munch, Bena-Marie Lue, Mikael Bauer
  • Cellobiohydrolase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11965189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cellobiohydrolase variants having increased thermal activity or thermostability, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mark Wogulis, Leslie DeMars, David Osborn
  • Process of recovering oil
    Patent number: 11965143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes of recovering oil after liquefaction and/or from thin stillage and/or syrup/evaporated centrate from a fermentation product production process by adding a thermostable protease to the whole stillage, thin stillage and/or syrup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Kreel, Joseph Jump
  • Probiotic supplement for metabolic health
    Patent number: 11963986
    Abstract: The application discloses Lactobacillus strains having a beneficial effect on the metabolic health on a mammalian subject. Further disclosed is compositions comprising such strains and the use thereof for improving the metabolic health or for lowering the blood glucose level in a mammalian subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nanna Ny Kristensen, Alexandra Mattern, Delphine Marie Anne Saulnier, Jeffrey Schultchen, Teis Jensen, Benjamin Anderschou Holbech Jensen
  • Methods and compositions for preparing bread
    Patent number: 11963537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a baked product having reduced crumb elasticity, said method comprising adding a raw starch degrading alpha-amylase, a lipase and a phospholipase to dough ingredients comprising flour, water, and yeast and mixing to prepare a dough; leavening the dough; and baking the dough to obtain the baked product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Guillermo Bellido, Gianluca Gazzola, Irina Matveeva
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING LYZOZYME ACTIVITY, POLUNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME AND USES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240124862
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides having lysozyme activity, polynucleotides encoding polypeptides having lysozyme activity, and nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising polynucleotides that encode polypeptides having lysozyme activity, as well as methods of producing and using such polypeptides, polynucleotides, constructs, vectors, and host cells, including, but not limited to, animal feed and animal feed additives comprising polypeptides having lysozyme activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ye Liu, Ming Li, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Peter Bjarke Olsen
  • LIPASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SURFACTANT AND LIPASE VARIANT
    Publication number: 20240124806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants and compositions comprising (i) at least one surfactant and (ii) at least one lipase variant of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kim BORCH, Carsten Hørslev Hansen, Jesper Vind, Marco Malten, Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard
  • ENZYME-EXPRESSING YEAST FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20240124902
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant fermenting organisms having a heterologous polynucleotide encoding an alpha-amylase and/or a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a trehalase. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant fermenting organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Catlett, Monica Tassone, Paul Vincent Harris, Robert Lyle Osborne, Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsul, Ryoko Kataoka
  • CONTROL SYSTEM, APPRATUS, AND METHOD FOR ENZYME DOSING USING PRIMARY AMINO NITROGEN MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20240124901
    Abstract: A method of producing bioethanol in a bioethanol system and a control system for a bioethanol system is disclosed, the control system comprising a controller comprising one or more processors and an interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to obtain a primary amino nitrogen (PAN) measurement; determine an input scheme based on the PAN measurement; and control one or more input devices of the bioethanol system according to the input scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kyle Rothanzl, Patrick E. Williams, Gregory Michael Ames, Scott Dickerson, James Waterman, Laurie Duval, Scott Robert McLaughlin, Nate Parrish, Mike A. Smith
  • LIPASE WITH LOW MALODOR GENERATION
    Publication number: 20240124805
    Abstract: The present invention concerns detergent compositions comprising a lipase with low malodor generation during lipid stain removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Iben Damager, Mary Ann Stringer, Kim Borch
  • Cleaning compositions comprising enzymes
    Patent number: 11959106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, methods and use of a mixture of enzymes having DNase activity and an enzyme having hexosaminidase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Klaus Gori, Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen
  • Variants and compositions comprising variants with high stability in presence of a chelating agent
    Patent number: 11959107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme, compositions comprising the variants, nucleic acids encoding the variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods for using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank W. Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
  • Polypeptides having peptidoglycan degrading activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11959111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising polypeptides having peptidoglycan degradation activity, as well as use of the cleaning compositions for cleaning of an item such as a textile or a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Fabian Barrientos Garcia, Lillian Eva Tang Baltsen, Christian Bech Rosen
  • Subtilase Variants and Compositions Comprising Same
    Publication number: 20240117332
    Abstract: The invention relates to subtilase variants and detergent compositions comprising the variants, as well as methods of producing the variants and methods for stabilizing a subtilase variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carl Mikael Bauer
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING PECTINASE ACTIVITY, POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240117331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having pectinase activity, and 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: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey Moxley, Mercy Wada, Monica Tassone, Mary Ann Stringer, Hong Zhi Huang, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Tianqi Sun, Sara Maria Landvik, James Lavigne, Cui Liu
  • Animal chew toy with dental care composition
    Patent number: 11950569
    Abstract: The invention provides an animal chew toy comprising a dental care composition, wherein the dental care composition comprises at least one peroxidase and at least one oxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Niels Henrik Soerensen
  • Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11952557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Chakshusmathi Ghadiyaram, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Padmavathi Balumuri, Padma Venkatachalam Iyer, Iben Damager, Astrid Munch, Sohel Dalal
  • Subtilase variants
    Patent number: 11952558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel protease variants exhibiting improved stability and or improved wash performance in liquid detergent. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Astrid Munch, Bena-Marie Lue, Mikael Bauer
  • YEAST EXPRESSING A HETEROLOGOUS PHOSPHOLIPASE FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20240110204
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant fermenting organisms having a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a phospholipase. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant fermenting organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, James Ron Huffman, Monica Tassone, Jung Yi, Hanlin Ouyang
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF AQUATIC ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20240108666
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for increasing the health of aquatic animals, including fish and shrimp, through the use of Bacillus strains capable of controlling pathogenic microorganisms in the gut of aquatic animals, reducing inflammation in the gut of aquatic animals, and increasing the surface area and length of intestinal villi in the gut of aquatic animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: David Drahos, Christian Munch, Lene Venke Kofod