Patents by Inventor Anders Vikso-Nielsen

Anders Vikso-Nielsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Starch process
    Patent number: 7618795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolysate at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Carsten Andersen, Sven Pedersen, Carsten Hjort
  • LACCASE FOR DETOXIFICATION OF FEED PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20090155415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detoxification of feed products contaminated by the mycotoxin zearalenone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Vikso Nielsen, Birthe Hauerbach Sorensen
  • PROCESS FOR HYDROLYSIS OF STARCH
    Publication number: 20090142817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolyzate at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Barrie Edmund Norman, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Hans Sejr Olsen, Sven Pedersen
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING ALPHA-AMYLASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20080213862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate-binding affinity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Sven Pedersen, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Thomas Schafer, Jiyin Liu
  • Starch Process
    Publication number: 20080138864
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to the use of a glucoamylase derived from Talaromyces sp. and an acid alpha-amylase comprising a carbohydrate-binding module in a starch saccharification process in which starch is degraded to glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Sven Pedersen
  • Polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polypeptides encoding same
    Patent number: 7306935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate-binding affinity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignees: Novozymes North America, Inc, Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Sven Pedersen, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Thomas Schafer, Jiyin Liu
  • Liquefaction process
    Publication number: 20070141689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of liquefying starch-containing material, wherein the method comprises the steps of (a) treating the starch-containing material with a bacterial alpha-amylase at a temperature around 70-90° C. for 15-90 minutes, and (b) treating the material obtained in step (a) with an alpha-amylase at a temperature between 60-80° C. for 30-90 minutes. The invention also relates to a process of producing a fermentation product, preferably ethanol, comprising a liquefaction step carried out according to the liquefaction method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North American, Inc.
    Inventors: Swapnil Bhargava, Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen, Henrik Frisner, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Malcolm Johal
  • Starch process
    Publication number: 20050107332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolysate at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Barrie Norman, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Hans Olsen, Sven Pedersen
  • Enzymes for starch processing
    Publication number: 20050054071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and a fungal alpha-amylase amino acid sequence and to a variant of a fungal wild type enzyme comprising a carbohydrate-binding module and an alpha-amylase catalytic module. The invention also relates to the use of the hybrid enzyme or the variant in starch liquefaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Rikako Taira, Shinobu Takagi, Eric Allain, Carsten Hjort, Anders Vikso-Nielsen
  • Polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polypeptides encoding same
    Publication number: 20050048611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate-binding affinity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Sven Pedersen, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Thomas Schafer, Jiyin Liu
  • Starch process
    Publication number: 20050042737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolysate at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Carsten Andersen, Sven Pedersen, Carsten Hjort