Patents Assigned to Novozyme A/S
  • Patent number: 12270012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising a mix of enzymes. The invention further relates use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Klaus Gori
  • Patent number: 12269852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having trehalase activity, particularly derived from Talaromyces. 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 for the production of ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Tomoko Matsui, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Shiro Fukuyama, Noriko Tsutsumi, Zhengfang Kang
  • Publication number: 20250109373
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for reducing the amount of DNA in a microbial fermentation product by adding a fungal DNase from Aspergillus oryzae to the resulting fermentation product during the recovery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten HJORT, Risto CUKALEVSKI, Joen SVINDT, Christian Lund CHRISTENSEN, Karsten Brandt JAKOBSEN
  • Patent number: 12258542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising protease variants and alpha-amylases or variants thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of using the detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Yanfei Wang, Wenwen Tao, Bitten Plesner, Elena Genesca Pont
  • Publication number: 20250089741
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates animal feed or animal feed additives comprising one or more polypeptides having lysozyme activity. The present disclosure also relates to polypeptides having lysozyme activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mikkel KLAUSEN, Kirk Matthew SCHNORR, Soeren NYMAND-GRARUP, Peter Bjarke OLSEN, Marianne Thorup COHN, Robert Piotr OLINSKI, Marc Dominique MORANT, Ming LI, Ye LIU, Lars Kobbeeroee SKOV, Dominique Aubert SKOVLUNDE, Han BUCONG
  • Patent number: 12252720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Randall Deinhammer, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Miguel Duarte Toscano, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Lars L. H. Christensen
  • Publication number: 20250082696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising one or more fructanases and one or more Lactobacillus strains to provide relief from or prevent fructan and/or fructose induced abdominal discomfort; digest fructan and/or fructose or improve digestion of fructan and/or fructose; and/or provide digestive comfort after digestion of fructan and/or fructose on consumption of products containing fructan and/or fructose to a subject. The present invention also relates a Lactobacillus strain or a fructanse for providing relief from fructan and/or fructose induced abdominal discomfort to a subject, wherein the Lactobacillus strain in presence of one or more fructanases results in at least 20-50% reduction of gas pressure development, when tested against the fecal fermentation of the fiber alone across different donors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kristian Bertel Romer M. KROGH, Jeffrey SCHULTCHEN, Lea Benedicte Skov HANSEN, Sameer KULKARNI, Jason QUINLAN
  • Publication number: 20250084346
    Abstract: A pouch comprising a wall forming a chamber, the wall comprising a water-soluble polymer, and the chamber containing a particulate solid comprising an enzyme, and a liquid comprising a surfactant and/or a polyol. A method of preparing a pouch and a method of preparing an enzyme-containing detergent composition are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jia Ju, Zhenwei Li, Wei Wei, Ole Simonsen, Kim Bruno Andersen, Wenjie Du
  • Publication number: 20250084394
    Abstract: Disclosed are variants of a cellulase having improved stability in the presence of a protease, and the use of such variants in laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache, Lars Anderson, Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Lars Giger
  • Patent number: 12247235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process of treating crop kernels to provide a starch product of high quality suitable for conversion of starch into mono- and oligosaccharides, ethanol, sweeteners, etc. The present invention also relates to polypeptides having GH10 xylanase activity and polypeptides having GH62 arabinofuranosidase activity. Further, the present invention also relates to a process for extraction or separation of crude palm oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Yi Cao, Yu Zhang, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Randall Scott Deinhammer, Mary Ann Stringer, Ye Liu, Purna Venkatesh, Cui Liu
  • Patent number: 12247237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants and methods for obtaining 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: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Annette Helle Johansen, Steffen Danielsen, Roland Alexander Pache, Johanne Moerch Jensen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Martin Gudmand, Kasper Damgaard Tidemand
  • Patent number: 12247241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • Publication number: 20250075152
    Abstract: The invention provides a stabilized solid detergent composition, comprising a biosurfactant selected from glycolipids and lipopeptides; and a plurality of enzyme particles, which are essentially free of titanium dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Ole Simonsen
  • Patent number: 12241045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having hexosaminidase 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: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen, Jesper Salomon
  • Publication number: 20250064870
    Abstract: When fed to animals, Bacillus licheniformis strain O42AH3 (deposit accession number DSM 32559), Bacillus subtilis strain O52YJ6 (deposit accession number DSM 32560), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain O52YYT (deposit accession number DSM 32561) and/or Bacillus pumilis O72NR7 (deposit accession number DSM 32563) are useful for preventing and/or treating Lawsonia infections and for improving myriad performance parameters, including, but not limited to, body weight gain, average daily gain and feed conversion rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Adam NELSON, Erik ECKHARDT, Estelle DEVILLARD, Meagan HALE, Emily ZHANG, Ethan Chad BAKER
  • Publication number: 20250066749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variant of a parent lipase, which parent lipase has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the variant has lipase activity, comprises a substitution at a position corresponding to position 51 and comprises a substitution or remains unaltered at a position corresponding to position 96 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Christian Lundager GYLSTORFF, Christian JACKEL, Jesper VIND, Allan SVENDSEN, Marco MALTEN, Thomas Agersten POULSEN
  • Publication number: 20250066694
    Abstract: The invention provides protein particles having improved whiteness after storage, and powder detergents comprising the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ole Simonsen, Erilk HELLSTRAND, Kristoffer Hauberg MOLLER, Lei SHANG
  • Publication number: 20250059523
    Abstract: A process of recovering oil, comprising (a) converting a starch-containing material into dextrins with an alpha-amylase; (b) saccharifying the dextrins using a carbohydrate source generating enzyme to form a sugar; (c) fermenting the sugar in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism; (d) recovering the fermentation product to form a whole stillage; (e) separating the whole stillage into thin stillage and wet cake; (e?) optionally concentrating the thin stillage into syrup; (f) recovering oil from the thin stillage and/or optionally the syrup, wherein a protease and a phospholipase are present and/or added during steps (a) to (c). Use of a protease and a phospholipase for increasing oil recovery yields from thin stillage and/or syrup in a fermentation product production process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Edward KREEL, Joseph Mark Jump, Bernardo Vidal, JR., Chee-Leong Soong, Madison Roberts, Melissa Carrie Hooss, Xinyu Shen
  • Patent number: 12227784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for improving the nutritional quality of distillers dried grains (DGS) or distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) produced as a co-product of a fermentation product production process, processes for producing fermentation products, as well as enzyme blends used in the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Frickmann, Kendra Stallings, Dan Pettersson, Mads Brøgger Pedersen, Harold Cale Smith
  • Patent number: 12227785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a thermostable alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi