Patents by Inventor Björn ANDREESSEN

Björn ANDREESSEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230407355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing oligosaccharides which can be used among others as food additives to reduce calorie content, to sweeten food products, to increase the fiber content of food products, to improve the texture of food products and to stimulate the gut microbiome bacteria. Furthermore they can be applied in the fields of animal feed, or other applications. More particularly, this invention is directed to a high temperature hydrolysis of xyloglucan polysaccharide to defined xyloglucan oligosaccharides. The invention further relates to oligosaccharide hydrolysates produced with the method of the invention and to the use of said oligosaccharide hydrolysates in human and/or animal nutrition, as prebiotic or other uses. Further provided are novel endoglucanases for use in the method of the invention as well as in other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
    Inventors: Sigrid GRAUBNER, Vladimir ZVERLOV, Wolfgang SCHWARZ, Petra EICHINGER, Björn ANDREESSEN, Jonathan HERLET, Matthias MECHELKE, Philipp SCHULTE, Wolfgang LIEBL
  • Patent number: 11618913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing oligosaccharides which can be used among others as food additives to reduce calorie content, to sweeten food products, to increase the fiber content of food products, to improve the texture of food products and to stimulate the gut microbiome bacteria. Furthermore they can be applied in the fields of animal feed, or other applications. More particularly, this invention is directed to a high temperature hydrolysis of xyloglucan polysaccharide to defined xyloglucan oligosaccharides. The invention further relates to oligosaccharide hydrolysates produced with the method of the invention and to the use of said oligosaccharide hydrolysates in human and/or animal nutrition, as prebiotic or other uses. Further provided are novel endoglucanases for use in the method of the invention as well as in other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
    Inventors: Sigrid Graubner, Vladimir Zverlov, Wolfgang Schwarz, Petra Eichinger, Björn Andreessen, Jonathan Herlet, Matthias Mechelke, Philipp Schulte, Wolfgang Liebl
  • Publication number: 20210071161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polypeptides with xylanase activity, especially xylanase variants, such as genetically engineered xylanase variants, which show improved thermostability, improved resistance against acid treatment and increased enzyme activity on arabinoxylan. The invention includes the use of said polypeptides in applications, such as for food or feed, for brewing or malting, for the treatment of xylan containing raw materials like grain-based materials, e.g. for the production of biofuels or other fermentation products, including biochemicals, and/or for the wheat gluten-starch separation industry, and methods using these polypeptides, as well as compositions (such as feed additive compositions) comprising said polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
    Inventors: Sigrid GRAUBNER, Vladimir ZVERLOV, Wolfgang SCHWARZ, Waldemar HAUF, Björn ANDREESSEN, Louis Philipp SCHULTE, Wolfgang LIEBL
  • Publication number: 20200362379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing oligosaccharides which can be used among others as food additives to reduce calorie content, to sweeten food products, to increase the fiber content of food products, to improve the texture of food products and to stimulate the gut microbiome bacteria. Furthermore they can be applied in the fields of animal feed, or other applications. More particularly, this invention is directed to a high temperature hydrolysis of xyloglucan polysaccharide to defined xyloglucan oligosaccharides. The invention further relates to oligosaccharide hydrolysates produced with the method of the invention and to the use of said oligosaccharide hydrolysates in human and/or animal nutrition, as prebiotic or other uses. Further provided are novel endoglucanases for use in the method of the invention as well as in other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
    Inventors: Sigrid GRAUBNER, Vladimir ZVERLOV, Wolfgang SCHWARZ, Petra KORNBERGER, Björn ANDREESSEN
  • Publication number: 20200305444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a food product comprising rye, which comprises the steps of preparing a primary food mixture; adding to said primary food mixture a composition comprising at least one glycoside hydrolase family 10 (GH10) enzyme; and processing said primary food mixture to produce said food product comprising rye. The invention further provides GH10 enzymes, compositions comprising said enzymes and the use of said enzymes and said composition in preparing food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
    Inventors: Sigrid GRAUBNER, Vladimir ZVERLOV, Wolfgang SCHWARZ, Waldemar HAUF, Björn ANDREESSEN, Janis BRÖKER, Christoph VERHEYEN, Mario JEKLE, Thomas BECKER, Philipp SCHULTE, Wolfgang LIEBL
  • Patent number: 9109240
    Abstract: The invention is about E. coli host cells which are capable to convert glycerol to serinol. Furthermore, a process for producing serinol is disclosed, which comprises culturing E. coli host cells inactive for triosephosphate isomerase and active for dihydroxyacetone phosphate aminotransferase to convert glycerol to serinol, induction of conversion from glycerol to serinol by adding at least glycerol to the cell culture, and isolating serinol from the cell culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: BASF SE, Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet Muenster
    Inventors: Lukas Maksym, Alexander Steinbuechel, Bjoern Andreessen
  • Publication number: 20140080187
    Abstract: The invention is about E. coli host cells which are capable to convert glycerol to serinol. Furthermore, a process for producing serinol is disclosed, which comprises culturing E. coli host cells inactive for triosephosphate isomerase and active for dihydroxyacetone phosphate aminotransferase to convert glycerol to serinol, induction of conversion from glycerol to serinol by adding at least glycerol to the cell culture, and isolating serinol from the cell culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicants: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, BASF SE
    Inventors: Lukas Maksym, Alexander Steinbuechel, Bjoern Andreessen