Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • Cleaning Composition
    Publication number: 20230287306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising at least one Glyco_hydro_114 glycosyl hydrolase and one or more anionic surfactants, a method for cleaning an item and use of the cleaning composition according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger
  • BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSPECIES
    Publication number: 20230287329
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel subspecies of Bacillus. The novel subspecies can improve health and performance of production animals. In one embodiment the Bacillus subtilis subspecies has activity against Clostridium perfringens and/or E. coli. The present application further relates to compositions comprising one or more strains of the Bacillus subtilis subspecies and to use of the strain(s) of the Bacillus subtilis subspecies in an animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Derrick Lewis, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Adam Nelson, Preben Nielsen, Ravi Kumar
  • Polypeptides having alpha-galactosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11751584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of releasing galactose from legumes using polypeptides having alpha-galactosidase activity. The invention also relates to polypeptides having alpha-galactosidase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the polypeptides of the invention and the use of the polypeptides in animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Carstensen, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Morten Gjermansen, Jesper Salomon, Kristian Bertel Roemer M. Krogh, Eduardo Antonio Della Pia
  • Multi-core granules
    Patent number: 11753605
    Abstract: A granule comprising (a) at least three cores comprising a biological active and a plasticizable polymer, wherein the cores are made of a material having an elongation upon break of at least 30%, and wherein the diameter of the cores is at least 50 ?m and at most two thirds of the diameter of the granule; (b) a solid matrix interspacing the cores of (a), wherein the solid matrix is made of a material having an elongation upon break of less than 30%; and (c) optionally a coating consisting of one or more layer(s) surrounding the granule. A detergent composition comprising a detergent builder, a surfactant, and a granule as described. Use of the granule as a component in a process for manufacturing a detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Alexander Findeisen, Albert Cervera-Padrell, Lei Shang, Lotte E. Nissen, Ole Simonsen, Poul Bach
  • CONTROLLED ENZYMATIC BROWNING OF A NON-MEAT PROTEIN CONTAINING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20230276826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of a laccase for controlled enzymatic browning of a meat analogue product comprising a red pigment which changes colour when oxidized. Preferably, the laccase is embedded in a fat having a melting temperature of at least 25° C. such that the oxidation of the red pigment occurs only at elevated temperature, e.g. during cooking of the meat analogue product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christina Lunde, Jesper Salomon
  • Pulse and/or Legume Protein-Fortified Doughs and Baked Goods Comprising Lipase
    Publication number: 20230276811
    Abstract: The invention provides doughs for a baked- or par-baked yeast-raised product, said doughs comprising added pulse and/or legume protein and at least one added lipase enzyme, as well as methods of producing such doughs, the methods comprising the steps of adding pulse and/or legume protein and at least one lipase enzyme to the doughs, and methods of producing baked or par-baked yeast-raised products comprising pulse and/or legume protein, the methods comprising the steps of providing a dough of the invention and baking or par-baking the yeast-raised dough, and finally also uses of enzyme compositions comprising at least one lipase enzyme for maintaining or improving the volume of a baked or par-baked yeast-raised product made from doughs comprising pulse and/or legume protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Lisbeth Kalum
  • Polypeptides having mannanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11746310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having mannanase activity, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding modules, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and 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, and carbohydrate binding modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Markus Klinger
  • GH5 and GH30 in wet milling
    Patent number: 11746366
    Abstract: The instant application provides methods to improve the total starch yield and/or gluten yield from corn kernels in a wet milling process, the method comprising admixing corn kernels or a fraction of the corn kernels with an enzyme composition comprising an effective amount of one or more hydrolytic enzymes, wherein at least one of said hydrolytic enzymes is selected from the group consisting of a GH30 polypeptide, a GH5 polypeptide or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Bernardo Vidal, James Lavigne, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yi Cao, Wei Li, Yu Zhang, Soeren Nymand-Grarup, Madelyn Mallison Shoup, Kenneth Jensen, Kristian Bertel Romer M. Krogh, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen
  • Animal feed additives comprising a polypeptide having protease activity and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11744263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to animal feed or animal feed additives comprising polypeptides having protease activity and uses thereof. It also relates to the methods for producing the proteases and for using the proteases to improve animal performance and the nutritional value of an animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Laerke Tvedebrink Haahr, Tine Hoff, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Long Non-Coding RNA-Expression In Fungal Hosts
    Publication number: 20230272353
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a filamentous fungal host cell producing a polypeptide of interest, said host cell comprising one or more native or heterologous polynucleotide encoding a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), wherein said lncRNA comprises more than 262 nucleotides and comprises a contiguous nucleotide sequence at its 3? end, absent any poly-adenylation tail, that is at least 70% identical to that of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 19, SEQ ID NO:20 or SEQ ID NO:21; and/or said lncRNA comprises 2 or more Xyr1 binding sequences, as well as methods of producing a polypeptide of interest in said host cells and methods of improving the production of a polypeptide of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Astrid Mach-Aigner, Robert Mach, Petra Till
  • Cleaning compositions and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11739287
    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 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Klaus Gori
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20230265462
    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: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi
  • PROTEASE VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY
    Publication number: 20230265408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants, polynucleotides encoding said variants, nucleic acid constructs and expression vectors comprising said polynucleotides, host cells expressing said variants, methods of obtaining the variants, detergent compositions comprising said variants, and use of said variants or said detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Esben Peter Friis, Poul Erik Pedersen, Rasmus Lund Andersen
  • DNase variants
    Patent number: 11732252
    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: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Gernot J. Abel, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Annette Helle Johansen
  • Polypeptides having mannanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11732221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having mannanase activity, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding modules, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and 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, and carbohydrate binding modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Markus Klinger
  • Lipase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11725197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variant of a parent lipase, wherein said variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2; has lipase activity; has substitutions corresponding to G91A and N92D in the lid region located from position G82 to position 1100 of SEQ ID NO: 2; has one or more additional substitutions in the lid region; and has at least mutations in positions corresponding to position T231 and position N233 of SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention also relates to compositions, methods for cleaning a surface using a variant or a composition of the invention; polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, host cells comprising the polynucleotides; methods of using the variants; and methods for obtaining the lipase variant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Sune Fang Christensen, Lars Lehman Hylling Christensen, Vikram Kjoller Bhatia, Jesper Vind, Vibeke Skovsgaard Nielsen
  • Method for screening alpha-amylases
    Patent number: 11718840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. 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 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Svend Kaasgaard, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Lars Beier, Connie Pontoppidan, Iben Damager, Carsten Andersen, Allan Svendsen
  • MUTANTS OF A FILAMENTOUS FUNGAL CELL HAVING INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF A POLYPEPTIDE
    Publication number: 20230242960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mutant of a parent filamentous fungal cell, comprising: a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of interest; a racA gene encoding a Rho-GTPase RacA protein, wherein the racA gene is modified rendering the mutant partially or completely deficient in the production of the Rho-GTPase RacA protein; and a ras2 gene encoding a GTPase Ras2 protein, wherein the GTPase Ras2 protein is modified to produce a GTPase Ras2 variant comprising a substitution at a position corresponding to position 16 of SEQ ID NO: 11, wherein the combination of the modified racA gene and the Ras2 variant synergistically increases the productivity of the mutant in the production of the polypeptide of interest. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a polypeptide of interest with such a mutant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Gloria Erichsen
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL FROM RAW STARCH USING ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20230235367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to raw starch hydrolysis and in particular to a raw starch hydrolysis and fermentation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Dorota Nissen, Marie Thryøse Kruse, Sarah Schultheis Elliott, Shiro Fukuyama
  • MILLING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230235094
    Abstract: The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, JR., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Yi Cao, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang, Brian R. Scott