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).

  • Mashing process
    Patent number: 8679791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mashing and filtration step in a brewing process and to a composition useful in the mashing and filtration step of a brewing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Rikke Monica Festersen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Christel Thea Joergensen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Polypeptides having acetyl xylan esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8658409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetyl xylan esterase activity and isolated 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: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Johan Borjesson, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Peter Kamp Hansen
  • Enzymes for starch processing
    Patent number: 8512986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and an alpha-amylase amino acid sequence as well as to the application of such polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen, Sara Landvik
  • Hybrid enzymes
    Patent number: 8440444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hybrid polypeptides having a first amino acid sequence having endo-amylase activity and a second amino acid sequence having carbohydrate binding activity. The present invention also relates to the use of the hybrid polypeptides in starch processing and baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Henrik Oestdal
  • Alpha-Amylase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120282658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Randall Deinhammer, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Miguel Duarte Toscano, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Lars L.H. Christensen
  • Enzymes for starch processing
    Patent number: 8263381
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Novozyms A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Rikako Taira, Shinobu Takagi, Carsten Hjort, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Eric Allain, Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui
  • Starch Process
    Publication number: 20120094333
    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: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Carsten Andersen, Sven Pedersen, Carsten Hjort
  • Hybrid Enzymes
    Publication number: 20120083025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hybrid polypeptides having a first amino acid sequence having endo-amylase activity and a second amino acid sequence having carbohydrate binding activity. The present invention also relates to the use of the hybrid polypeptides in starch processing and baking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Henrik Oestdal
  • Process for producing a starch hydrolyzate
    Patent number: 8119384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing a starch hydrolyzate and optionally a fermentation product, such as ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Jim Liu, Carsten Andersen
  • Starch process
    Patent number: 8105801
    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: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Vikso Nielsen, Carsten Andersen, Sven Pedersen, Carsten Hjort
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING ACETYL XYLAN ESTERASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20110281303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetyl xylan esterase activity and isolated 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: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Johan Borjesson, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Peter Kamp Hansen
  • Polypeptides with starch debranching activity
    Patent number: 8021863
    Abstract: Polypeptides comprising a catalytic starch debranching domain and a starch binding domain are disclosed. The polypeptides comprising the starch binding domain have an improved functionality in raw starch degradation compared with same catalytic unit in same amount but without the starch binding domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Shiro Fukuyama, Regine Kopp Behr, Carsten Andersen
  • Process of producing a starch hydrolysate
    Patent number: 7998709
    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: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Carsten Andersen, Sven Pedersen, Carsten Hjort
  • Hydrolysis of arabinoxylan
    Patent number: 7993890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of arabinoxylan, and an enzyme composition suitable for use in such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hanne Risbjerg Soerensen, Sven Pedersen, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Christel Thea Joergensen, Lars Hylling Christensen, Christian Isak Joergensen, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Lene Venke Kofod
  • Cutinase for detoxification of feed products
    Patent number: 7943336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method comprising treatment with cutinase for detoxification of feed products contaminated by the mycotoxin zearalenone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Anders Viksoe-Nielsen, Birthe Hauerbach Soerensen
  • ENZYMES FOR STARCH PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20110104759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising a carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and an alpha-amylase amino acid sequence as well as to the application of such polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui, Chee Leong Soong, Eric Allain, Anders Vikso Nielsen, Hiroaki Udagawa, Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Wenping Wu, Lene Nonboe Andersen
  • Enzymes for starch processing
    Patent number: 7883883
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Rikako Taira, Shinobu Takagi, Carsten Hjort, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Eric Allain, Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui
  • ENZYMES FOR STARCH PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20100323061
    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: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Udagawa, Rikako Taira, Shinobu Takagi, Eric Allain, Carsten Hjort, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui
  • Polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 7833771
    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: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America Inc
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Sven Pedersen, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Thomas Schafer, Jiyin Liu
  • Polypeptides Having Alpha-Amylase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20100112637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Martin Borchert, Anders Viksoe-Nielsen