Patents Assigned to Novozyme A/S
  • Publication number: 20240035005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase having reduced odor generation and/or wash performance. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention, methods and uses of the variants and compositions of the invention, polynucleotides, constructs, expression vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotide of the invention and methods of producing the lipase variant of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sune Fang Christensen, Vibeke Svovgaard Nielsen, Lone Baunsgaard, Jesper Vind, Lars Iversen, Matias Emil Moses, Cesar Lene Bjorg, PengFei Tian
  • Publication number: 20240035051
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • Patent number: 11883443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for increasing the health of aquatic animals comprising one or more selected bacterial strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: David Drahos, Christian Munch, Lene Venke Kofod
  • Publication number: 20240018448
    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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Johanne M. Jensen, Rebecca Munk Vejborg
  • Patent number: 11873470
    Abstract: A method of preparing a wort with an increased level of free amino nitrogen (FAN) comprising: a) preparing a mash from a grist comprising malt and/or adjunct; and b) adding a protease having at least 80% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christina Lunde, Morten Gjermansen
  • Publication number: 20240010955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising enzymes. The invention further relates to the use of the compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Johanne M. Jensen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Anne Vindum Due, Martin Gudmand
  • Patent number: 11866748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least two polypeptides having mannanase activity as well as methods of producing and using the compositions. The compositions comprise in particular a first mannanase which is a glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5) mannanase and a second mannanase which a glycoside hydrolase family 26 (GH26) mannanase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Markus Klinger, Tine Hoff
  • Patent number: 11866751
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Catlett, Monica Tassone, Paul Vincent Harris, Robert Lyle Osborne, Ryoko Kataoka, Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui
  • Patent number: 11859170
    Abstract: Animal feed or animal feed additives comprising one or more polypeptides having lysozyme activity. 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: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ye Liu, Ming Li, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Peter Bjarke Olsen
  • Patent number: 11859221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Torsten Bak Regueira, Bitten Plesner, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Anne Dorte Houg, Sofia Arnehed, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carsten Andersen
  • Publication number: 20230416706
    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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lars Beier, Klaus Gori, Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lars Giger, Annette Helle Johansen, Gernot J. Abel
  • Patent number: 11851630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing the phospholipid content in an oil or fat composition and polypeptides having PI-specific phospholipase C activity as well as polypeptides having PC, PE-specific phospholipase C activity and combinations thereof capable of catalyzing this reduction. The invention also relates to 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: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Robert Piotr Olinski, Kim Borch, Allan Noergaard, Jesper Brask, Rune Falkenberg Haller, Marianne Linde Damstrup
  • Patent number: 11851639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising protease variants suitable for use in cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
  • Publication number: 20230407209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions capable of reducing odor generated by a lipase during cleaning or washing of laundry comprising (a) a surfactant or a surfactant system; (b) a lipase; and (c) ricinoleic acid, a ricinoleic salt, or a ricinoleic ester. The invention also relates to methods for cleaning or washing of laundry by contacting the laundry with a composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathan Reese, Domenic Anthony Paone, Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Mark Stephenson Smith, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20230407284
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for recovering a desired fermentation product from a fermentation broth where the desired product has precipitated during the fermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Simon Glanville, Peter Frode Pind, Sune Jakobsen, Lars Johansen, Carsten Jacobsen, Kim Bruno Andersen, Soren Prip Beier, Jens-Ulrik Rype
  • Publication number: 20230407273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polynucleotide variant encoding a glycosyltransferase variant, and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising said polynucleotide variant. The invention also relates to methods of producing a polypeptide of interest in host cells comprising said polynucleotide and/or glycosyltransferase variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michiko Ihara, Takashi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20230399588
    Abstract: The present invention concerns use of a lipoxygenase for bleaching or removing a stain from a surface, wherein the wash liquor comprises a reduced detergent level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Iben Damager
  • Publication number: 20230399632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability and compositions comprising such variants. The present invention further relates to polynucleotides encoding such variants, vectors and host cells comprising genes encoding such variants, which may also enable the production of such variants. The present invention also relates to methods of liquefying starch-containing materials using or applying the variants or compositions, as well as the saccharification thus produced by the method. The present invention also relates to methods of saccharifying starch-containing materials using or applying the variants or compositions, as well as the saccharides thus produced by the method. The present invention further relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing or cellulosic-containing material, as well as an enzyme blend or composition, or a recombinant host cell or fermenting organism suitable for use in processes of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Yuma Kurakata, Aki Tomiki-Hashizume
  • Patent number: 11840696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of introducing multiple expression constructs into a eukaryotic cell, methods of constructing a eukaryotic cell having multiple target loci for expressing multiple heterologous proteins of interest, eukaryotic cells for expressing multiple heterologous proteins of interest, and methods of production of multiple heterologous proteins of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Qiming Jin, Jeffrey Shasky, Donna Moyer, Abigail Jang, Gloria Muzzi-Erichsen, Cara Kleindienst
  • Patent number: 11840718
    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: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi