Patents Assigned to Novozymes
  • CONTROL SYSTEM, APPRATUS, AND METHOD FOR ENZYME DOSING USING PRIMARY AMINO NITROGEN MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20240124901
    Abstract: A method of producing bioethanol in a bioethanol system and a control system for a bioethanol system is disclosed, the control system comprising a controller comprising one or more processors and an interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to obtain a primary amino nitrogen (PAN) measurement; determine an input scheme based on the PAN measurement; and control one or more input devices of the bioethanol system according to the input scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kyle Rothanzl, Patrick E. Williams, Gregory Michael Ames, Scott Dickerson, James Waterman, Laurie Duval, Scott Robert McLaughlin, Nate Parrish, Mike A. Smith
  • Cleaning compositions comprising enzymes
    Patent number: 11959106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, methods and use of a mixture of enzymes having DNase activity and an enzyme having hexosaminidase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Klaus Gori, Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen
  • Variants and compositions comprising variants with high stability in presence of a chelating agent
    Patent number: 11959107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme, compositions comprising the variants, nucleic acids encoding the variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods for using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank W. Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
  • Polypeptides having peptidoglycan degrading activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11959111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising polypeptides having peptidoglycan degradation activity, as well as use of the cleaning compositions for cleaning of an item such as a textile or a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christian Berg Oehlenschlaeger, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Fabian Barrientos Garcia, Lillian Eva Tang Baltsen, Christian Bech Rosen
  • Subtilase Variants and Compositions Comprising Same
    Publication number: 20240117332
    Abstract: The invention relates to subtilase variants and detergent compositions comprising the variants, as well as methods of producing the variants and methods for stabilizing a subtilase variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carl Mikael Bauer
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING PECTINASE ACTIVITY, POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240117331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having pectinase 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: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey Moxley, Mercy Wada, Monica Tassone, Mary Ann Stringer, Hong Zhi Huang, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Tianqi Sun, Sara Maria Landvik, James Lavigne, Cui Liu
  • Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 11952557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase 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: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Chakshusmathi Ghadiyaram, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Padmavathi Balumuri, Padma Venkatachalam Iyer, Iben Damager, Astrid Munch, Sohel Dalal
  • Animal chew toy with dental care composition
    Patent number: 11950569
    Abstract: The invention provides an animal chew toy comprising a dental care composition, wherein the dental care composition comprises at least one peroxidase and at least one oxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Niels Henrik Soerensen
  • Subtilase variants
    Patent number: 11952558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel protease variants exhibiting improved stability and or improved wash performance in liquid detergent. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Astrid Munch, Bena-Marie Lue, Mikael Bauer
  • GH61 VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20240110169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to GH61 polypeptide 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: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Janine Lin, Doreen Bohan, Michelle Maranta, Leslie Beresford, Michael Lamsa, Matt Sweeney, Mark David Wogulis, Elizabeth Znameroski, Frank Winther Rasmussen
  • YEAST EXPRESSING A HETEROLOGOUS PHOSPHOLIPASE FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20240110204
    Abstract: Described herein are recombinant fermenting organisms having a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a phospholipase. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant fermenting organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, James Ron Huffman, Monica Tassone, Jung Yi, Hanlin Ouyang
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF AQUATIC ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20240108666
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for increasing the health of aquatic animals, including fish and shrimp, through the use of Bacillus strains capable of controlling pathogenic microorganisms in the gut of aquatic animals, reducing inflammation in the gut of aquatic animals, and increasing the surface area and length of intestinal villi in the gut of aquatic animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: David Drahos, Christian Munch, Lene Venke Kofod
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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