Patents Assigned to Novozyme A/S
  • ENGINEERED MICROORGANISM FOR IMPROVED PENTOSE FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20230193216
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant host organisms having an active pentose fermentation pathway and further comprising a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a non-phosphorylating NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPN). Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant host organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Tassone, Eric Allain
  • PROTEASE ANIMAL FEED FORMULATION
    Publication number: 20230189844
    Abstract: The reformulation of RONOZYME® ProAct protease polypeptide to a more economical microgranulate, extrudate, high-shear granulate or spray drying formulation each provide good thermostability and suitability for use as an animal feed additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Flemming Borup
  • Method for Producing a Dairy Product
    Publication number: 20230189830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a dairy product using an enzyme having lactase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Steffen Ernst, Reinhard Wilting, Jeppe Wegener Tams, Mette Oerhrstroem Runge, Helle Skov Guldager
  • LOW DUSTING GRANULES
    Publication number: 20230193162
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing a plurality of granules comprising a biological active and a non-volatile liquid by using mixer-granulation, wherein the granules exhibit reduced dust release upon exposure to mechanical stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ole Simonsen, Poul Bach, Albert Cervera-Padrell, Lars Jensen, Lei Shang, Lotte Elisabeth Nissen
  • SERINE PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230193327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to serine protease variants, having improved properties compared to the parent protease, in particular variants of a serine protease derived from a strain of Meripilus giganteus belonging to the S53 family. The varinats according to the invention have in particular increased stability, e.g., increased thermo-stability, increased specific activity, and/or increased expression levels, compared to the parent protease. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic N acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Dorte M.K. Klitgaard, Roland Alexander Pache, Martin Gudman, Anders G. Sandström
  • Detergent compositions and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11680231
    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: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen, Jesper Salomon
  • Wheat Milling Process and GH8 Xylanases
    Publication number: 20230183385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for separating wheat flour into two or more fractions including a gluten fraction and a starch fraction, comprising the steps of: a) mixing wheat flour and water; b) adding one or more polypeptide (s) having GH8 xylanase activity; c) incubating the mixture for a predefined period of time; d) separating the mixture into two or more fractions including a gluten rich fraction and a starch rich fraction; and e) recovering the two or more fractions including a gluten rich fraction and a starch rich fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: James Lavigne, Gernot Abel, Jesper Salomon, Tucker Shepperd
  • Xylanase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20230183667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Annette Helle Johansen, Steffen Danielsen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230183666
    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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: 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
  • PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230183669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Pernille Hede, Esben Peter Friis
  • IMPROVED MICROORGANISMS FOR ARABINOSE FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20230183639
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant host organisms having an active arabinose fermentation pathway and further comprising a heterologous polynucleotide a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a L-xylulose reductase (LXR). Also described are processes for 5 producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant host organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Monica Tassone
  • Process of extracting oil from thin stillage
    Patent number: 11674127
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Joseph Jump, Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Chee-Leong Soong, Madison Roberts, Melissa Carrie Hooss, Xinyu Shen
  • Fungal chaperone proteins
    Patent number: 11667922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fungal host cells comprising nucleic acid constructs comprising a heterologous promoter operably linked to polynucleotidea encoding a chaperone, nucleic acid constructs comprising a polynucleotide encoding a chaperone, and methods for producing polypeptides of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Mouillon, Pernille Hvid Christensen
  • Compositions for producing glucose syrups
    Patent number: 11667938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making glucose syrup from liquefied starch comprising, (a) contacting the liquefied starch with a glucoamylase, a pullulanase, and optionally an alpha-amylase wherein the ratio of pullulanase dose expressed as NPUN/gDS, to alpha-amylase dose expressed as FAU(A)/gDS is at least 60, particularly at least 75, particularly at least 100, more particularly at least 150, more particularly at least 200, more particularly at least 250, more particularly at least 300, more particularly at least 400, more particularly at least 500, more particularly at least 600, more particularly at least 800 or if no alpha-amylase is present the pullulanse is present in a dose of at least 0.5, particularly at least 0.75, particularly at least 1.0, particularly at least 1.5 NPUN/gDS, and (b) saccharifying the liquefied starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Keiichi Ayabe
  • Use of FCA control based on PH
    Patent number: 11667980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling the carbon feed to a fed-batch fermenter based on the disturbance of the pH signal following the addition or a limiting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sjef Cornelissen, Benny Cassells
  • CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYPEPTIDES HAVING FRUCTAN DEGRADING ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20230167384
    Abstract: The invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising a fructan degrading enzyme and at least one cleaning component, and use of such compositions for cleaning of an item such as a textile or a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen, Klaus Gori, Jesper Salomon
  • Stabilized endoglucanase variants
    Patent number: 11661592
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache, Lars Anderson, Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Lars Giger
  • ENZYME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230159861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising a mix of enzymes. The invention further relates to use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Iben Damager, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Henrik Lund
  • Xylanase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20230159905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Annette Helle Johansen, Steffen Danielsen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • Improving the rollability of flat breads
    Patent number: 11653655
    Abstract: The present invention deals with a method for improving the rollability of flat breads comprising a) adding a maltogenic alpha-amylase and a beta amylase to a flour or directly to a dough comprising a flour; b) making the dough; and c) making flat breads from the dough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Dilek Austin