Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Method for producing a protein hydrolysate using an endopeptidase and a carboxypeptidase
    Patent number: 11946079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a protein hydrolysate using a polypeptide having endopeptidase activity and a polypeptide having carboxypeptidase activity and the use of these enzymes for hydrolysing a protein substrate. In addition, the present invention relates to polypeptides having carboxypeptidase 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: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev, Henrik Frisner, Ciu Liu, Ye Liu, Eduardo Antonio Della Pia, Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Kenneth Jensen, Wei Peng, Ming Li
  • TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE CAS9 PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20240101988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to temperature-sensitive variants of a Class-II Cas9 protein, polynucleotides encoding said variants, nucleic acid constructs and expression vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding said variants, host cells expressing said variant, methods of transient repression and expression of one or more genome target sequence using said variants, and use of said variants, polynucleotides, nucleic acid constructs, expression vectors, host cells, and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Poul Erik Pedersen, Michael Dolberg Rasmussen, Carsten Hjort
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20240102056
    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: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi
  • FATTY ACID ESTERIFICATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20240101926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic esterification of free fatty acids. In particular the invention relates to this process using a flash operation for water removal from enzyme reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Per Munk Nielsen, Anders Rancke-Madsen, Rasmus Boeg Hansen
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20240101991
    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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Tomoko Matsui, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Shiro Fukuyama, Noriko Tsutsumi, Zhengfang Kang
  • SOLID BAKING ADDITIVE
    Publication number: 20240099316
    Abstract: The invention provides a solid baking additive both baking enzymes and baker's yeast in a homogenous co-formulated form, which exhibit excellent enzyme stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Erik Schmidt Marcussen
  • Process for improving freshness of flat breads involving combination of maltogenic alpha amylase variants
    Patent number: 11937609
    Abstract: A method for improving the freshness of flat breads comprising a) adding to flour or to a dough comprising a flour, a first maltogenic alpha-amylase having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, and compared to SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising the substitutions D261G, T288P, and F188L; and a second maltogenic alpha-amylase having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, and compared to SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising the substitutions D261G, T288P, F194Y, and N375S; and b) making flat breads from the dough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Irina Victorovna Matveeva, Umut Köroglu, Henrik Lundkvist, Silvia Strachan, Hasim Sinik
  • Process of recovering oil
    Patent number: 11939552
    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: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Joseph Mark Jump
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING LYSOZYME ACTIVITY, POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME AND USES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240090534
    Abstract: The present invention relates animal feed or animal feed additives comprising one or more polypeptides having lysozyme activity. The invention 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: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    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 Skovlund, Han Bucong
  • Enzyme Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding the Same
    Publication number: 20240093170
    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: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Torsten Bak Regueira, Bitten Plesner, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Anne Dorthe Houg, Sofia Arnehed, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carsten Andersen
  • Liquid Cleaning Compositions Comprising Protease Variants
    Publication number: 20240093125
    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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
  • Compositions Comprising Polypeptides Having Mannanase Activity
    Publication number: 20240093172
    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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Markus Klinger, Tine Hoff
  • BACILLUS STRAINS FOR IMPROVING FEED CONVERSION RATES AND BODY WEIGHT GAIN IN ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20240082319
    Abstract: Compositions comprising Bacillus pumilis O72NR7 (deposit accession number DSM 32563) are useful for improving myriad performance parameters when fed to animals, including, but not limited to, body weight gain, average daily gain and feed conversion rates. The present disclosure describes animal feed additives and animal feeds comprising Bacillus pumilis O72NR7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Adam Nelson, Erik Eckhardt, Estelle Devillard, Meagan Hale, Emily Zhang, Ethan Chad Baker
  • GLUCOAMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20240084277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. 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 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Leonardo De Maria, Jasper Vind, Thomas A. Poulsen, Allan Svendsen, Steffen Danielsen, Rolf T. Lenhard, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Lars K. Skov
  • LIQUID ENZYME COMPOSITION WITH SULFITE SCAVENGER
    Publication number: 20240084226
    Abstract: The invention provides liquid enzyme compositions comprising a sulfite scavenger or a sulfite radical scavenger, useful in multi-compartment unit dose detergent products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Asbjoern Toftgaard Pedersen, Erik Hellstrand
  • Compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity
    Patent number: 11926852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity for use in, e.g., animal feed. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity, polypeptides having xylanase 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: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Wei Peng, Ninfa Rangel Pedersen, Dan Pettersson, Jens Magnus Eklof, Soren Nymand-Grarup, Lorena G. Palmen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer, Charlotte Blom, Lars Kiemer, Kristian Bertel Romer M. Krogh, Jesper Salomon
  • Method for producing D-psicose
    Patent number: 11926856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having D-psicose 3-epimerase 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: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Xinyu Shen, Randall Scott Deinhammer, James Ron Huffman, Kendra Stallings, Tine Hoff, Jesper Salomon, Anne Goldbech Olsen
  • POLYSTYRENE/DIVINYLBENZENE PARTICLES FOR LIPASE IMMOBILIZATION
    Publication number: 20240076648
    Abstract: The invention provides enzyme particles comprising an immobilized 1,3 specific lipase and a copolymer of styrene and divinylbenzene. The particles are suitable for enzymatic interesterification of triglycerides, and subsequent separation of the enzyme and triglycerides by filtration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Pavle Andric
  • Liquid Cleaning Compositions Comprising Protease Variants
    Publication number: 20240076579
    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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
  • Bacillus Strains Improving Health and Performance of Production Animals
    Publication number: 20240075077
    Abstract: Bacillus strains useful for preventing and/or controlling Clostridium perfringens infections and necrotic enteritis in monogastric animals, such as swine and poultry, and for improving the overall health, feed conversion rates and body weight gain of such animals, as well as compositions comprising the Bacillus strains and various methods of using the Bacillus strains in animal feed and animal feed additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Derrick Lewis, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Adam Nelson, Preben Nielsen