Patents by Inventor Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen

Bjarne Ronfeldt 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).

  • Glucoamylase Variants
    Publication number: 20080213843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Stable Formulations Of Peptides
    Publication number: 20080125361
    Abstract: Stable pharmaceutical composition comprising insulinotropic peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Svend Ludvigsen, Morten Schein, Tine Elisabeth Gottschalk Boving, Claude Bonde, Anne-Mette Lilleore, Dorthe Kot Engelund, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Patent number: 7354753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Alkaline amylase
    Patent number: 7078213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amylases having improved washing performance in an alkaline detergent solution at low temperature. More specifically, the present invention provides novel ?-amylases from Bacillus sp. with improved performance in alkaline solutions, especially in alkaline detergent solutions at pH around 9–11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Rønfeldt Nielsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard, Jens Toenne Andersen
  • Thermostable glucoamylase
    Patent number: 7060468
    Abstract: The invention relates to starch conversion processes using glucoamylases derived from Talaromyces emersonii and related glucoamylases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Ruby Ilum Nielsen, Jan Lehmbeck
  • Cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase variants
    Patent number: 6777215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase of increased product specificity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Bjarne Rønfeldt Nielsen, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Bauke Dijkstra
  • Thermostable glucoamylase
    Publication number: 20040142434
    Abstract: The invention relates to starch conversion processes using glucoamylases derived from Talaromyces emersonii and related glucoamylases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Ruby Ilum Nielsen, Jan Lehmbeck
  • Process for providing a starch product, treating milled or grinded crop kernels with an aqueous solution with an acidiic protease activity
    Publication number: 20040028775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process of treating crop kernels, comprising soaking the kernels in water for 1-12 hours, wet milling the soaked kernels and treating the kernels with one or more enzymes including an acidic protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Hans Sejr Olsen, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Publication number: 20040002142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Alpha-amylase mutants
    Publication number: 20030211958
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, and Termamyl-like alpha-amylases comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased thermostability at acidic pH and/or at low Ca2+ concentrations (relative to the parent).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen, Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard
  • Nucleic acid sequences encoding alkaline alpha-amylases
    Patent number: 6623948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity [E.C. 3.2.1.1], which may be derived from Bacillus. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Helle Outtrup, Lisbeth Hedegaard Hoeck, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Henrik Bisgård-Frantzen, Allan Svendsen, Carsten Andersen
  • Thermostable glucoamylase
    Patent number: 6620924
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated thermostable glucoamylase derived from Talaromyces emersonii suitable for starch conversion processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Rønfeldt Nielsen, Ruby Ilum Nielsen, Jan Lehmbeck
  • Amylase variants
    Publication number: 20030129718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of polypeptides, in particular Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent alpha-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage pattern, thermal stability, pH/activity profile, pH/stability profile, stability towards oxidation, Ca2+ dependency, specific activity, and solubility, in particular under production conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • Stepping process
    Publication number: 20030091691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process of steeping crop kernels, comprising soaking the kernels in water for 1-48 hours, in the presence of selected enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Hans Sejr Olsen, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • Process for washing a starch slurry, using an aqueous solution with an acidic protease activity
    Publication number: 20030092149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process of washing a starch slurry obtained from the starch gluten sepa-ration step of a milling process, comprising washing tile starch slurry with an aqueous solution comprising an effective amount of acidic protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Hans Sejr Olsen, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • &agr;-amylase mutants
    Patent number: 6528298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Termamyl-like &agr;-amylase, and Termamyl-like &agr;-amylases comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased thermostability at acidic pH and/or at low Ca2+ concentrations (relative to the parent).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Novozymes, A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen, Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard
  • Thermostable glucoamylase
    Publication number: 20030027290
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated thermostable glucoamylase derived from Talaromyces emersonii suitable for starch conversion processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Ruby Ilum Nielsen, Jan Lehmbeck
  • Method of producing saccharide preparations
    Publication number: 20020164723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification stages takes place, and the subsequent steps of one or more high temperature membrane separation steps, and re-circulation of the saccharification enzyme, in which method the membrane separation steps are carried out as an integral part of the saccharification step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Gin C. Liaw, Sven Pedersen, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Allan Svendsen, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Rudy Illum Nielsen
  • Alpha-amylase variants with altered 1, 6-activity
    Publication number: 20020068352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in the alpha-1,6-D-glucosidic branch linkage cleavage activity of amylopectin and limit dextrins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Christel Thea Jorgensen, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • Novel cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase variants
    Publication number: 20020042120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase of increased product specificity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Bauke Dijkstra