Patents Assigned to Novozyme A/S
  • RAW STARCH HYDROLYSIS PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20230151399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a raw starch hydrolysis processes for producing a fermentation product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sara Maria Landvik, Sarah Schultheis Elliott, Marie Thryøse Kruse, Tine Hoff, Ming Li, Tianqi Sun
  • ENZYMATIC OR NON-ENZYMATIC BIODIESEL POLISHING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230151288
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing the level of free fatty acids in biodiesel/fatty acid alkyl esters. The method comprises providing a composition comprising fatty acid alkyl esters, free fatty acids and/or a fatty acid feedstock, reacting said free fatty acids and/or said fatty acid feedstock with alcohol in the presence of one or more liquid lipolytic enzymes to produce fatty acid alkyl esters; and/or reacting the free fatty acids and/or said fatty acid feedstock with alcohol in the presence of one or more non-enzymatic catalysts to produce fatty acid alkyl esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Rancke Madsen, Per Munk Nielsen, Hon Seng Yee, Hans Christian Holm
  • Wet milling process
    Patent number: 11649298
    Abstract: The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Yi Cao, James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Brian R. Scott, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang
  • Polypeptides having Xylanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20230148423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having xylanase 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. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the polypeptides of the invention and the use of the polypeptides of the invention to release xylose and in animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte Blom, Ninfa Rangel Pedersen, Dan Pettersson, Jens Magnus Ekloef, Kristian Bertel Roemer Krogh, Martin Simon Borchert, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Nele Ilmberger, Wolfgang Streit, Jesper Salomon
  • CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20230143128
    Abstract: Disclosed are carbohydrate binding module variants, as well as variants of a glycoside hydrolase comprising the carbohydrate binding module variants. The variants having glycoside hydrolase activity comprising the carbohydrate binding module variants have improved stability in the presence of a protease, and are useful in detergent applications, such as laundry or dish wash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kenneth Jensen, Lars Anderson, Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Jonatan Ulrik Fangel, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Pengfei Tian, Christian Isak Joergensen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230142991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated alpha-amylase variants of a parent alpha-amylase, comprising an alteration at one or more positions corresponding to positions 196, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 38, 39, 43, 54, 56, 57, 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 86, 89, 90, 94, 96, 99, 101, 103, 107, 108, 110, 113, 114, 117, 127, 134, 138, 142, 150, 151, 152, 156, 169, 171, 174, 179, 183, 193, 199, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 212, 218, 221, 222, 224, 233, 241, 245, 259, 275, 278, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 308, 323, 335, 348, 359, 382, 386, 388, 392, 394, 396, 412, 414, 417, 424, 428, 457, 459, 466, 479, 489, 511, 533, 534, 542, 543, 545, 547, 549, 550, 551, 560, 566, 570, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 580, 581, 582, 589, 592, 599, 603, 605, 608, 614, 619, or 626 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the variant has alpha-amylase activity and wherein the variant has at least 60%, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Dorota Nissen, Marie Thryøse Kruse, Sarah Schultheis Elliott, Shiro Fukuyama
  • Less Added Sugar in Baked Products
    Publication number: 20230147687
    Abstract: A method of producing a dough with a reduced amount of added sugar comprising adding a raw starch degrading alpha-amylase and a glucoamylase, wherein the raw starch degrading alpha-amylase is a GH13_1 amylase; in particular the raw starch degrading alpha-5 amylase has an amino acid sequence with at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Irina Victorovna Matveeva, Umut Köroglu, Esra Özcömlekci
  • XANTHAN LYASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230145736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xanthan lyase variants and methods for obtaining xanthan lyase 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Lars Anderson, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Pernille F. Jensen, Kasper D. Rand, Geetha Hiremath Mendez, Sohel Dalal, Shilpi Agarwal
  • MANAGEMENT OF PATHOGENIC LAWSONIA
    Publication number: 20230138776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal feed or an animal feed additive comprising Bacillus strains which improve the health and performance of production animals, and the use of such.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Adam Nelson, Erik Eckhardt, Estelle Devillard, Meagan Hale, Emily Zhang, Ethan Chad Baker
  • Detergent composition
    Patent number: 11634665
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a detergent comprising a deoxyribonuclease (DNase). The present invention further relates to methods and uses of the detergent comprising a deoxyribonuclease (DNase) for laundering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Klaus Gori, Rune Lyngklip Jensen, Henrik Lund
  • Alpha-Amylase Variants
    Publication number: 20230118258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants of a parent alpha-amylase having an improved wash performance when compared to the parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and method of producing the variants of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Rajendra Kulotungan Sainathan, Madhupriya Mahankali, Subith Krishna, Dinesh Prasad
  • Methods for enhancing the dewaterability of sludge with enzyme treatment
    Patent number: 11623885
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to enhancing sludge dewaterability by adding cellulase/hemicellulase enzyme mixture and protease to the sludge prior to conventional conditioning and dewatering operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mingjia Zhang, Nicholas Bagger Gurieff
  • Polypeptides
    Patent number: 11613741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • Polypeptides
    Publication number: 20230092964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent dompositions comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Mary Ann Stringer, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • SOLID STABILIZED LACCASE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20230088815
    Abstract: The invention provides an enzyme granule comprising a mixture of a laccase and a buffer in an amount capable of maintaining an alkaline pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Niels-Viktor Nielsen, Ole Simonsen, Birgitte Andersen
  • Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11603522
    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: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    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
  • Subtilase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11591585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subtilase variants 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: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Leonardo De Maria
  • Subtilase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11591586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and preferably on par or improved wash performance. 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: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Lars Lehman Hylling Christensen
  • Processes for producing a fermentation product
    Patent number: 11584783
    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: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Tomoko Matsui, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Shiro Fukuyama, Noriko Tsutsumi, Zhengfang Kang
  • SPORE-BASED PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION FOR REDUCTION OF DIETARY ENDOTOXEMIA AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20230049876
    Abstract: A method of treating metabolic endotoxemia comprising identifying a subject having post-prandial dietary endotoxemia and administering an effective amount of a spore-based probiotic. While any spore-based probiotic may be used, the probiotic supplement may comprise Bacillus indicus (HU36), Bacillus subtilis (HU58), Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus licheniformis, and Bacillus clausii. One or more of a level of blood endotoxin, triglyceride, post-prandial insulin, post-prandial ghrelin level, MCP-1, GM-CSF, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-1beta, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, and TNF-? is observed as being lower after spore-based probiotic supplementation when compared to placebo. At least one of post-prandial leptin and IL-10 is observed as being higher after spore-based probiotic supplementation when compared to placebo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kiran Krishnan, Dale Kriz, Thomas Bayne