Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Lipolytic enzyme for use in baking
    Patent number: 11510413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide having lipolytic enzyme activity, selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide having at least 65% sequence identity to amino acids 21 to 309 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under medium stringency conditions with the polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (c) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 65% sequence identity to the polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (d) a fragment of the polypeptide of (a), (b) or (c) that has lipolytic enzyme activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Puratos NV/SA
    Inventors: Henrik Oestdal, Sara Maria Landvik, Robert Piotr Olinski, Evelien Agache, Bruno Van Winckel, Filip Arnaut
  • Xanthan lyase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11512300
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: 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
  • METHODS OF REDUCING ODOR
    Publication number: 20220372454
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/LN, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Detergent Compositions and Uses of the Same
    Publication number: 20220372407
    Abstract: A detergent composition comprising: (a) a polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or a fragment thereof which exhibits alpha-amylase activity; (b) a polypeptide having protease activity; or concentrate or additive for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Markus Klinger
  • STABILIZED LIQUID ENZYME COMPOSITIONS FOR BREWING
    Publication number: 20220372461
    Abstract: The invention provides liquid enzyme compositions which are physically and microbially stable. The compositions are used, for example, in beer brewing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Lone Kierstein Nielsen
  • Methods for cleansing medical devices
    Patent number: 11505767
    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: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rasmus Rune Hansen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura
  • Process of recovering oil
    Patent number: 11505765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes of recovering oil after liquefaction and/or from thin stillage and/or syrup/evaporated centrate from a fermentation product production process by adding a thermostable protease to the whole stillage, thin stillage and/or syrup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Kreel, Joseph Jump
  • Carbohydrate Binding Module Variants And Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20220364133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cellobiohydrolase variants and carbohydrate binding module 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: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Westh, Kim Borch, Trine Soerensen, Michael Windahl, Brett McBrayer
  • POLYPEPTIDE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20220364138
    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: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: 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
  • Enzyme Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding The Same
    Publication number: 20220364068
    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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Torsten Bak Regueira, Bitten Plesner, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Anne Dorte Houg, Sofia Arnehed, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carsten Andersen
  • Processes for producing ethanol
    Patent number: 11499170
    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: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi
  • Detergent compositions and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11499121
    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: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Johanne M. Jensen, Rebecca Munk Vejborg
  • Xylanase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11499144
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Annette Helle Johansen, Steffen Danielsen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE USES IN DETERGENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20220356417
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising a deoxyribonuclease (DNase) and uses of DNase in the detergent are provided. The use of DNase in the detergent provides improved whiteness and anti-redeposition effects, and may reduce the use level of conventional anti-redeposition polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Yao Wang, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Henrik Lund
  • Mannanase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11492605
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Vivek Srivastava, Markus Klinger, Rakhi Saikia, Vijaya Shankar Nataraj, Sohel Dalal, Jens Erik Nielsen, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan
  • Microorganisms With Improved Nitrogen Utilization For Ethanol Production
    Publication number: 20220348967
    Abstract: Described herein are fermention organisms, such as yeasts, comprising a genetic modification that increases or decreases expression of a transporter or regulator thereof, such as yeasts that express the FOT2 and FOTX transporters of SEQ ID NOs: 163 and 164. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the fermenting organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Microbiogen Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamid Rismani Yazdi, Sarah Schultheis Elliott, Paul Vincent Harris, Michael Glenn Catlett
  • POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO CARBOHYDRATE BINDING DOMAINS
    Publication number: 20220340843
    Abstract: Disclosed are fusion polypeptides comprising at least two carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs), wherein the polypeptide has carbohydrate binding activity. Also disclosed is the use of such polypeptides for reducing the wrinkles in laundry, as well as detergent compositions and laundry booster compositions comprising the same. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the variants, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the variants and methods of making the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Baunsgaard, Michael Lynge Nielsen, Kenneth Jensen, Hiroshi Teramoto, Keiichi Ayabe
  • Glycosyl Hydrolases
    Publication number: 20220340842
    Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides having hydrolytic 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 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon
  • Management of pathogenic
    Patent number: 11478514
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Adam Nelson, Erik Eckhardt, Estelle Devillard, Meagan Hale, Emily Zhang, Ethan Chad Baker
  • LIPASE VARIANTS AND MICROCAPSULE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH LIPASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20220333088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and comprise one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40I, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118F, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. The present invention also relates to compositions or microcapsule compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention and to liquid products comprising a microcapsule composition of the invention as well as the use of said microcapsule composition for stabilizing lipase variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson