Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Publication number: 20240067943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • Publication number: 20240060061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants having DNase activity, as well as detergent compositions comprising the variants, use of the variants for cleaning, and methods for obtaining the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marco Malten, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger
  • Publication number: 20240057627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to preparation of a plant-based fermented dairy alternative where the plant-based substrate is treated with an endopeptidase, preferably a specific endopeptidase selected from trypsin-like endopeptidase, lysine-specific endopeptidase or glutamyl-specific endo-peptidase. Further preferred is the combination with a phospholipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Magnus Eklof, Lykke Christina Stounbjerg, Xiaowei Qi
  • Publication number: 20240060060
    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/SN, 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, 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/LN/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: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20240052000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mutated bacterial host cells, said host cells producing a polypeptide of interest and having at least one disrupted flagellum gene, and to nucleic acid constructs and vectors encoding at least one flagellum polypeptide with reduced or eliminated activity as well as to methods of producing one or more polypeptide of interest in said host cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, University of Copenhagen
    Inventors: Thomas Krogh Kallehauge, Annaleigh Ohrt Fehler, Adrian Sven Geissler, Jan Gorodkin, Jeppe Vinther
  • Publication number: 20240052329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Patent number: 11896024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, particularly liquid compositions, comprising enzymes, methods of making the compositions, and uses of the same for making, e.g., dairy products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Jeppe Wegener Tams
  • Patent number: 11896033
    Abstract: Provided are animal feed or animal feed additives comprising one or more polypeptides having lysozyme activity. Provided are 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11896034
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mikkel Klausen, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lars Kobberoee Skov, Soeren Nymand-Grarup, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Peter Bjarke Olsen, Ming Li, Ye Liu
  • Patent number: 11891591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants and compositions comprising (i) at least one surfactant and (ii) at least one lipase variant of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Carsten Hørslev Hansen, Jesper Vind, Marco Malten, Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard
  • Patent number: 11889847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coffee extract which comprises use of an enzyme having ?-1,3-galactanase activity and to a coffee extract which comprises at least 20% based on the total weight of soluble coffee solids of total galactose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nikolaj Spodsberg, Kristian Bertel Roemer M Krogh, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Jens Ekloef, Louise Rasmussen, Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev, Laure Coulomb
  • Patent number: 11891645
    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 acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Dorte M. K. Klitgaard, Roland Alexander Pache, Martin Gudman, Anders G. Sandström
  • Publication number: 20240035005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase having reduced odor generation and/or wash performance. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention, methods and uses of the variants and compositions of the invention, polynucleotides, constructs, expression vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotide of the invention and methods of producing the lipase variant of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sune Fang Christensen, Vibeke Svovgaard Nielsen, Lone Baunsgaard, Jesper Vind, Lars Iversen, Matias Emil Moses, Cesar Lene Bjorg, PengFei Tian
  • Publication number: 20240035051
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • Patent number: 11883443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for increasing the health of aquatic animals comprising one or more selected bacterial strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: David Drahos, Christian Munch, Lene Venke Kofod
  • Publication number: 20240018448
    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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Johanne M. Jensen, Rebecca Munk Vejborg
  • Patent number: 11873470
    Abstract: A method of preparing a wort with an increased level of free amino nitrogen (FAN) comprising: a) preparing a mash from a grist comprising malt and/or adjunct; and b) adding a protease having at least 80% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christina Lunde, Morten Gjermansen
  • Publication number: 20240010955
    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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: 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: 11866748
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Markus Klinger, Tine Hoff
  • Patent number: 11866751
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant fermenting organisms having a heterologous polynucleotide encoding an alpha-amylase and/or a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a trehalase. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant fermenting organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Catlett, Monica Tassone, Paul Vincent Harris, Robert Lyle Osborne, Ryoko Kataoka, Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui