Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Publication number: 20240292858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coffee extract which comprises use of an enzyme having mannanase activity. The invention also relates to polypeptides having endo-beta-1,4-mannanase 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: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Magnus EKLOF, Louise Rasmussen, Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev`, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Kristian Bertel Roemer Krogh
  • Publication number: 20240294852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising i) at least one surfactant; ii) sodium carbonate and sodium sulfate; and iii) a lipase. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to methods of using the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen
  • Publication number: 20240292847
    Abstract: The invention provides an enzymatic baking additive comprising enzyme particles, oil, and diluent particles, which exhibit low dust and excellent flowability properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Alexander Findeisen
  • Publication number: 20240294853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mannanase 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: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Vivek Srivastava, Markus Klinger, Rakhi Saikia, Vijaya Shankar Nataraj, Sohel Dalal, Jens Erik Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12076368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treatment or prevention of liver, biliary tract, and pancreatic disorders by administering one or more defensins. Included within the scope of the disclosure is also treatment of certain metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Nordkild, Soren Kjaerulff
  • Publication number: 20240287419
    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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Vivek SRIVASTAVA, Padmavathi BALUMURI, Partha Pratim CHAKRABARTI, Sohel DALAL
  • Patent number: 12071643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Iben Damager, Chakshusmathi Ghadiyaram, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Padma Venkatachalam Iyer
  • Publication number: 20240276987
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for improving the rainfastness of proteins, such as enzymes and cell-signaling peptides, on plants and other surfaces that may be susceptible to infestation and/or infection by bacteria, fungi, etc. Particularly useful are rain fasteners selected from the group consisting of organo-modified siloxanes, such as polyether trisiloxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Callum Russell, Asbjoern Toftgaard Pedersen, Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Alexander Findelsen, Kate Sarah Brandon Sutton, Svend Gunna Kaasgaard, Ines Marques Nunes, Gregory Stephen Maloney, Casey Ruark-Seward, Mary Ann Stringer, Jason Quinlan, Sharon Inch
  • Publication number: 20240279572
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising and uses of polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading activity. The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading 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: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Salomon, Klaus Gori, Lorena González Palmén, Kenneth Jensen, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer, Kristian Bertel Roemer M. Krogh, Morten Gjermansen
  • Publication number: 20240279875
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of pulp or paper making. More specifically the present invention relates to a method of preventing a build-up of slime or removing slime from a surface contacted with water from a pulp or paper making process. The present invention can control slime in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro, Anne Marie Scharff-Poulsen, Kasper Bay Tingsted
  • Publication number: 20240279578
    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 grain flour flow of grain flour; determine an input scheme based on the grain flour flow; and control one or more input devices of the bioethanol system according to the input scheme. The one or more processors may further be configured to sense one or more indicators associated with a fermentation (e.g., bioethanol) system, to determine a yeast blend ratio based at least partially on the one or more indicators, generate one or more control signals based on the determined yeast blend, and convey the one or more control signals to the fermentation system. Associated systems, apparatuses, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kyle Rothanzl, Patrick E. Williams, Gregory Michael Ames, Scott Dickerson, James Waterman, Laurie Duval
  • Publication number: 20240279688
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant host organisms expressing a glucose or glycerol transporter, and optionally further expressing 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: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hamid Rismani YAZDI, Eric Allain, Michael Glenn Catlett, Christie Lynn Strahler
  • Patent number: 12065680
    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 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Publication number: 20240271175
    Abstract: The present invention relates to leader peptides, leader peptide fusion proteins, signal peptides, polynucleotides encoding the leader peptides and signal peptides, and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing a polypeptide of interest in host cells expressing the leader peptides in translational fusion with the polypeptide of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/s
    Inventors: Aki Tomiki-Hashizume, Hiroshi Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20240271064
    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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten ANDERSEN, Chakshusmathi GHADIYARAM, Rajendra Kulothungan SAINATHAN, Padmavathi BALUMURI, Padma Venkatachalam IYER, Iben DAMAGER, Astrid MUNCH, Sohel DALAL
  • Publication number: 20240271167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Randall Scott DEINHAMMER, Joyce CRAIG, Suzanne CLARK, John MATTHEWS, Anne Glud HJULMAND, Chee-Leong SOONG, Zhengfang KANG
  • Publication number: 20240271114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cellobiohydrolase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mark David WOGULIS, Leslie DEMARS, David OSBORN
  • Patent number: 12060589
    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: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Oestegaard, Gernot J. Abel, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Annette Helle Johansen
  • Patent number: 12060542
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: 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: 12053509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial lysozyme, compositions comprising such and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Kjaerulff, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Nanna Ny Kristensen