Patents Assigned to Novozymes A/S
  • IMPROVED MICROORGANISMS FOR ARABINOSE FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20230183639
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant host organisms having an active arabinose fermentation pathway and further comprising a heterologous polynucleotide a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a L-xylulose reductase (LXR). Also described are processes for 5 producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant host organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Monica Tassone
  • Process of extracting oil from thin stillage
    Patent number: 11674127
    Abstract: A process of recovering oil, comprising (a) converting a starch-containing material into dextrins with an alpha-amylase; (b) saccharifying the dextrins using a carbohydrate source generating enzyme to form a sugar; (c) fermenting the sugar in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism; (d) recovering the fermentation product to form a whole stillage; (e) separating the whole stillage into thin stillage and wet cake; (e?) optionally concentrating the thin stillage into syrup; (f) recovering oil from the thin stillage and/or optionally the syrup, wherein a protease and a phospholipase are present and/or added during steps (a) to (c). Use of a protease and a phospholipase for increasing oil recovery yields from thin stillage and/or syrup in a fermentation product production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Joseph Jump, Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Chee-Leong Soong, Madison Roberts, Melissa Carrie Hooss, Xinyu Shen
  • Fungal chaperone proteins
    Patent number: 11667922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fungal host cells comprising nucleic acid constructs comprising a heterologous promoter operably linked to polynucleotidea encoding a chaperone, nucleic acid constructs comprising a polynucleotide encoding a chaperone, and methods for producing polypeptides of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Mouillon, Pernille Hvid Christensen
  • Compositions for producing glucose syrups
    Patent number: 11667938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making glucose syrup from liquefied starch comprising, (a) contacting the liquefied starch with a glucoamylase, a pullulanase, and optionally an alpha-amylase wherein the ratio of pullulanase dose expressed as NPUN/gDS, to alpha-amylase dose expressed as FAU(A)/gDS is at least 60, particularly at least 75, particularly at least 100, more particularly at least 150, more particularly at least 200, more particularly at least 250, more particularly at least 300, more particularly at least 400, more particularly at least 500, more particularly at least 600, more particularly at least 800 or if no alpha-amylase is present the pullulanse is present in a dose of at least 0.5, particularly at least 0.75, particularly at least 1.0, particularly at least 1.5 NPUN/gDS, and (b) saccharifying the liquefied starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Keiichi Ayabe
  • Use of FCA control based on PH
    Patent number: 11667980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling the carbon feed to a fed-batch fermenter based on the disturbance of the pH signal following the addition or a limiting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sjef Cornelissen, Benny Cassells
  • CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYPEPTIDES HAVING FRUCTAN DEGRADING ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20230167384
    Abstract: The invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising a fructan degrading enzyme and at least one cleaning component, and use of such compositions for cleaning of an item such as a textile or a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen, Klaus Gori, Jesper Salomon
  • Stabilized endoglucanase variants
    Patent number: 11661592
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache, Lars Anderson, Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Lars Giger
  • ENZYME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230159861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising a mix of enzymes. The invention further relates to use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Iben Damager, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Henrik Lund
  • Xylanase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20230159905
    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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Annette Helle Johansen, Steffen Danielsen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • Improving the rollability of flat breads
    Patent number: 11653655
    Abstract: The present invention deals with a method for improving the rollability of flat breads comprising a) adding a maltogenic alpha-amylase and a beta amylase to a flour or directly to a dough comprising a flour; b) making the dough; and c) making flat breads from the dough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Dilek Austin
  • RAW STARCH HYDROLYSIS PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20230151399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a raw starch hydrolysis processes for producing a fermentation product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sara Maria Landvik, Sarah Schultheis Elliott, Marie Thryøse Kruse, Tine Hoff, Ming Li, Tianqi Sun
  • ENZYMATIC OR NON-ENZYMATIC BIODIESEL POLISHING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230151288
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing the level of free fatty acids in biodiesel/fatty acid alkyl esters. The method comprises providing a composition comprising fatty acid alkyl esters, free fatty acids and/or a fatty acid feedstock, reacting said free fatty acids and/or said fatty acid feedstock with alcohol in the presence of one or more liquid lipolytic enzymes to produce fatty acid alkyl esters; and/or reacting the free fatty acids and/or said fatty acid feedstock with alcohol in the presence of one or more non-enzymatic catalysts to produce fatty acid alkyl esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Rancke Madsen, Per Munk Nielsen, Hon Seng Yee, Hans Christian Holm
  • Wet milling process
    Patent number: 11649298
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Yi Cao, James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Brian R. Scott, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang
  • Polypeptides having Xylanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20230148423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 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. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the polypeptides of the invention and the use of the polypeptides of the invention to release xylose and in animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte Blom, Ninfa Rangel Pedersen, Dan Pettersson, Jens Magnus Ekloef, Kristian Bertel Roemer Krogh, Martin Simon Borchert, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Nele Ilmberger, Wolfgang Streit, Jesper Salomon
  • CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20230143128
    Abstract: Disclosed are carbohydrate binding module variants, as well as variants of a glycoside hydrolase comprising the carbohydrate binding module variants. The variants having glycoside hydrolase activity comprising the carbohydrate binding module variants have improved stability in the presence of a protease, and are useful in detergent applications, such as laundry or dish wash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kenneth Jensen, Lars Anderson, Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Jonatan Ulrik Fangel, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Pengfei Tian, Christian Isak Joergensen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230142991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated alpha-amylase variants of a parent alpha-amylase, comprising an alteration at one or more positions corresponding to positions 196, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 38, 39, 43, 54, 56, 57, 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 86, 89, 90, 94, 96, 99, 101, 103, 107, 108, 110, 113, 114, 117, 127, 134, 138, 142, 150, 151, 152, 156, 169, 171, 174, 179, 183, 193, 199, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 212, 218, 221, 222, 224, 233, 241, 245, 259, 275, 278, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 308, 323, 335, 348, 359, 382, 386, 388, 392, 394, 396, 412, 414, 417, 424, 428, 457, 459, 466, 479, 489, 511, 533, 534, 542, 543, 545, 547, 549, 550, 551, 560, 566, 570, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 580, 581, 582, 589, 592, 599, 603, 605, 608, 614, 619, or 626 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the variant has alpha-amylase activity and wherein the variant has at least 60%, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Dorota Nissen, Marie Thryøse Kruse, Sarah Schultheis Elliott, Shiro Fukuyama
  • Less Added Sugar in Baked Products
    Publication number: 20230147687
    Abstract: A method of producing a dough with a reduced amount of added sugar comprising adding a raw starch degrading alpha-amylase and a glucoamylase, wherein the raw starch degrading alpha-amylase is a GH13_1 amylase; in particular the raw starch degrading alpha-5 amylase has an amino acid sequence with at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Irina Victorovna Matveeva, Umut Köroglu, Esra Özcömlekci
  • XANTHAN LYASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20230145736
    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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: 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
  • MANAGEMENT OF PATHOGENIC LAWSONIA
    Publication number: 20230138776
    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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Adam Nelson, Erik Eckhardt, Estelle Devillard, Meagan Hale, Emily Zhang, Ethan Chad Baker
  • Detergent composition
    Patent number: 11634665
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a detergent comprising a deoxyribonuclease (DNase). The present invention further relates to methods and uses of the detergent comprising a deoxyribonuclease (DNase) for laundering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Klaus Gori, Rune Lyngklip Jensen, Henrik Lund