Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Publication number: 20250146027
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi
  • Patent number: 12291730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants, having improved properties compared to the parent protease, in particular variants of a serine protease belonging to family 53 derived from a strain of Meripilus giganteus. The variants according to the invention have in particular increased thermo-stability, e.g., increased residual activity after 30 min at a temperature in the range from 55 to 60° C. and/or increased thermal denaturation temperature, compared to the parent Meripilus giganteus protease. 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: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Keiichi Ayabe, Tomoko Matsui, Aki Tomiki, Yuma Kurakata, Esben Peter Friis, Jens Erik Nielsen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • Publication number: 20250136897
    Abstract: Enzymes tend to be inactivated during wash by a bleach catalyst in combination with a source of organic peroxyacids. The risk of enzyme inactivation by active bleach catalyst is reduced when the release of the enzyme into the wash solution is delayed. The enzyme stability during washing together with a bleach catalyst can be improved by applying a delayed-release coating to cores which comprise the enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ole Simonsen, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Luise Erlandsen
  • Patent number: 12286604
    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: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
  • Patent number: 12286605
    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: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    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: 20250129307
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microcapsule composition produced by crosslinking of oligomers comprising amino sugars, which is used for stabilizing detergent components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Casper Orsoe Andersen, Ole Simonsen, Kim Bruno Andersen, Cédric Hobel
  • Publication number: 20250129310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising (a) a surfactant or a surfactant or surfactant system; (b) a lipase; and (c) one or more boosters selected from the group of: i) alkoxylated polyethyleneimine; ii) alkoxylated polyetheramine; iii) guanidine hydrochloride; and iv) rhamnolipid. The invention also relates to methods for cleaning or washing of laundry comprising contacting the laundry with a detergent composition of the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to an enzyme product comprising (a) a lipase; and (b) one or more boosters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Baunsgaard, Kim Borch, Wenwen Tao
  • Publication number: 20250129393
    Abstract: Provided is a subject matter relates to a process for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material comprising the steps of: i) saccharifying using a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme; ii) fermenting using a fermenting organism; wherein at least one polypeptide having cellobiohydrolase activity, endoglucanase activity, or beta-glucosidase activity are present or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The subject matter also relates to an enzyme blend or composition comprising the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jiyin Liu, Hui Xu, James Lavigne, Lan Tang, Kim Borch, Jesper Frickmann, Geoffrey Moxley, Qiming Jin, Ye Liu
  • Patent number: 12275967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucanase activity, catalytic domains, carbohydrate binding modules and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules. 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, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules. 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hong Zhi Huang, Jiyin Liu, Hui Xu, Elena Vlasenko, Brett McBrayer, Ye Liu, Lan Tang, James Ron Huffman, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • 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: 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
  • 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: 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
  • 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