Patents by Inventor Bertus Noordam

Bertus Noordam 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).

  • Patent number: 10717995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Publication number: 20200224223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; and d) optionally recovery of a sugar product; wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, preferably no oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Bertus NOORDAM, Michael Petrus Jozef BERKHOUT, Aida HISENI
  • Patent number: 10597689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic material, b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material, c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises LPMO, and optionally purifying the hydrolyzed lignocellulosic material, d) fermentation of the hydrolyzed lignocellulosic material to produce a fermentation product, and e) optionally, recovery of a fermentation product, wherein oxygen is consumed in amounts corresponding to between 20 and 5000 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, the oxygen is added after the pretreatment and before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material, preferably in an a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Publication number: 20200048669
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic material, b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material, c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises LPMO, and optionally purifying the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, d) fermentation of the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material to produce a fermentation product, and e) optionally, recovery of a fermentation product, wherein oxygen is consumed in amounts corresponding to between 20 and 5000 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, the oxygen is added after the pretreatment and before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material, preferably in an
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Bertus NOORDAM, Michael Petrus Jozef BERKHOUT
  • Publication number: 20200048671
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Bertus NOORDAM
  • Patent number: 10557157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar and/or fermentation product from lignocellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventor: Bertus Noordam
  • Publication number: 20190345525
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pretreatment of the lignocellulosic material; b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material in a hydrolysis reactor using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase; and d) optionally, recovery of a sugar product; wherein during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen-containing gas is added to the lignocellulosic material in the hydrolysis reactor and wherein part of the oxygen-containing gas, added to the lignocellulosic material, is gas originating from the headspace of the reactor, preferably during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the lignocellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, or preferably during part of the time of the enzymat
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Bertus NOORDAM, Michael Petrus Jozef BERKHOUT, Joseph Johannes Maria HOFMEESTER
  • Patent number: 10337040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pretreatment of the lignocellulosic material, b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material, c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises LPMO, and optionally purifying the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, d) fermentation of the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material to produce a fermentation product, and e) optionally, recovery of a fermentation product, wherein the amounts of formed hydrolysed oxidation products at the end of the enzymatic hydrolysis by the oxidation by LPMO of the lignocellulosic material containing cellulose and/or cello-oligosaccharides is kept between 3 to 80 g/kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material by adding a s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Loes Elizabeth Bevers, Rudy Francois Maria Jozef Parton, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Publication number: 20190085366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydrolysis of cellulose containing biomass which comprises a liquefaction step in which a first enzyme or first enzyme composition is added to liquefy at least part of the solids present in the biomass and to keep the viscosity of the cellulose containing biomass below 1000 cP, preferably below 800 cP, more preferably below 600 cP in the liquefaction step; followed by a saccharification step in which a second enzyme composition is added to form oligomeric and/or monomeric sugars; and whereby the first enzyme or first enzyme composition is different from the second enzyme composition; whereby the first enzyme or first enzyme composition comprises an endoglucanase; whereby the second enzyme composition comprises a cellulase; and whereby the first enzyme or first enzyme composition comprises more endogluconase than the second enzyme composition (expressed in protein wt %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Smits, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout, Bertus Noordam
  • Publication number: 20190062794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic material, b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material, c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises LPMO, and optionally purifying the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, d) fermentation of the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material to produce a fermentation product, and e) optionally, recovery of a fermentation product, wherein oxygen is consumed in amounts corresponding to between 20 and 5000 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, the oxygen is added after the pretreatment and before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material, preferably in an a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Bertus NOORDAM, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Publication number: 20190032093
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Patent number: 10174351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the hydrolysis of cellulose containing biomass which comprises a liquefaction step in which a first enzyme or first enzyme composition is added to liquefy at least part of the solids present in the biomass and to keep the viscosity of the cellulose containing biomass below 1000 cP, preferably below 800 cP, more preferably below 600 cP in the liquefaction step; followed by a saccharification step in which a second enzyme composition is added to form oligomeric and/or monomeric sugars; and whereby the first enzyme or first enzyme composition is different from the second enzyme composition; whereby the first enzyme or first enzyme composition comprises an endoglucanase; whereby the second enzyme composition comprises a cellulase; and whereby the first enzyme or first enzyme composition comprises more endogluconase than the second enzyme composition (expressed in protein wt %).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Smits, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout, Bertus Noordam
  • Patent number: 10144939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic material, b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material, c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises LPMO, and optionally purifying the hydrolyzed lignocellulosic material, d) fermentation of the hydrolyzed lignocellulosic material to produce a fermentation product, and e) optionally, recovery of a fermentation product, wherein oxygen is consumed in amounts corresponding to between 20 and 5000 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, the oxygen is added after the pretreatment and before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material, preferably in an a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Patent number: 10131923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolyzed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Patent number: 10087475
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pretreatment of the lignocellulosic material; b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material in a hydrolysis reactor using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase; and d) optionally, recovery of a sugar product; wherein during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen-containing gas is added to the lignocellulosic material in the hydrolysis reactor and wherein part of the oxygen-containing gas, added to the lignocellulosic material, is gas originating from the headspace of the reactor, preferably during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the lignocellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, or preferably during part of the time of the enzymatic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout, Joseph Johannes Maria Hofmeester
  • Publication number: 20180237804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Bertus NOORDAM, Michael Petrus Jozef BERKHOUT
  • Publication number: 20180208949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; and d) optionally recovery of a sugar product; wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, preferably no oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Bertus NOORDAM, Michael Petrus Jozef BERKHOUT, Aida HISENI
  • Patent number: 9982280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Patent number: 9957528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; and d) optionally recovery of a sugar product; wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, preferably no oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout, Aida Hiseni
  • Publication number: 20180073048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and e) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Bertus NOORDAM