Patents by Inventor Bjoern Madsen

Bjoern Madsen 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: 11779923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic device, a method for manufacturing a microfluidic device, and a method for provision of double emulsion droplets using a microfluidic device. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an assembly configured to supply pressure to the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit comprising a plurality of microfluidic devices and a plurality of fluids configured for use with the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets. The microfluidic device comprises a transfer conduit comprising a first transfer conduit part having a first affinity for water; and a collection conduit comprising a first collection conduit part having a second affinity for water being different from the first affinity for water. A well section and a microfluidic section of the microfluidic device are fixedly connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMPLIX APS
    Inventors: Thomas Kvist, Esben Bjørn Madsen, Solène Cherre, Marie Just Mikkelsen
  • Publication number: 20230270140
    Abstract: A betalain pigment composition from red beet plants including pre-harvest foliar spraying of an ethylene-generating compound and the use of the obtained betalain pigment composition for coloring of an edible product
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: CHR. HANSEN NATURAL COLORS A/S, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
    Inventors: Gregorio Barba ESPIN, Henrik Vlk LUETKEN, Bjarne JOERNSGAARD, Renate Petra Brigitte MUELLER, Tsaneta DZHANFEZOVA, Stephan GLIED, Bjoern MADSEN
  • Patent number: 11690389
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a betalain pigment composition from red beet plants comprising pre-harvest foliar spraying of an ethylene-generating compound and the use of the obtained betalain pigment composition for coloring of an edible product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, OTERRA A/S
    Inventors: Gregorio Barba Espin, Henrik Vik Luetken, Bjarne Joernsgaard, Renate Petra Brigitte Mueller, Tsaneta Dzhanfezova, Stephan Glied, Bjoern Madsen
  • Patent number: 11572584
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for enrichment or isolation of a long nucleotide fragment comprising a known nucleotide sequence element, i.e. a sequence encoding a conserved active site or domain, the method being applicable i.a. to high throughput screening for DNA fragments containing a known sequence element. The methods herein comprise the steps of forming an emulsion of multiple liquid droplets from a DNA fragment containing liquid sample, specific detection of droplets containing at least one target DNA molecule, physically selecting droplets containing at least one target DNA molecule, and performing a general amplification of the DNA molecules containing at least one target DNA molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMPLIX APS
    Inventors: Marie Just Mikkelsen, Thomas Kvist, Esben Bjørn Madsen
  • Publication number: 20220275434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for amplification of polynucleotides from a predefined number of single cells. The system comprise a device (or part) providing the predefined number of single cells, at a previously defined inlet site (or orifice) of a cartridge (microfluidic device), and the cartridge itself. The invention further relates to a method for amplification of polynucleotides from the one or more single cells using the system to provide an emulsion of aqueous droplets wherein the nucleic acid amplification occurs. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit comprising a plurality of microfluidic devices and a plurality of fluids configured for use with the system and the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: MARIE JUST MIKKELSEN, ESBEN BJØRN MADSEN, Peter MOURITZEN, Thorarinn BLONDAL
  • Publication number: 20220105516
    Abstract: A microfluidic device, a method for manufacturing a microfluidic device, and a method for provision of double emulsion droplets using a microfluidic device. Furthermore, an assembly configured to supply pressure to the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets. Furthermore, a kit comprising a plurality of microfluidic devices and a plurality of fluids configured for use with the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Kvist, Esben Bjørn Madsen, Soléne Cherre, Marie Just Mikkeisen
  • Publication number: 20210252516
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic device, a method for manufacturing a microfluidic device, and a method for provision of double emulsion droplets using a microfluidic device. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an assembly configured to supply pressure to the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit comprising a plurality of microfluidic devices and a plurality of fluids configured for use with the microfluidic device for provision of double emulsion droplets. The microfluidic device comprises a transfer conduit comprising a first transfer conduit part having a first affinity for water; and a collection conduit comprising a first collection conduit part having a second affinity for water being different from the first affinity for water. A well section and a microfluidic section of the microfluidic device are fixedly connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas KVIST, Esben Bjørn MADSEN, Solène CHERRE, Marie Just MIKKELSEN
  • Patent number: 10900056
    Abstract: A method for producing an octaketide derived aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid), wherein the method comprises (I): heterologous expression of a recombinantly introduced Type III polyketide synthase (PKS) gene encoding an octaketide synthase (OKS) to obtain non-reduced octaketide in vivo within the recombinant host cell and (II): converting in vivo the non-reduced octaketide of step (I) into a C14-C34 aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Københavns Universitet
    Inventors: Birger Lindberg Møller, Bjørn Madsen, Dan Stærk, Finn Thyge Okkels, Johan Andersen-Ranberg, Kenneth Thermann Kongstad, Kim Binderup, Mads Bennedsen, Majse Nafisi, Paiman Khorsand-Jamal, Rubini Maya Kannangara, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Ulf Thrane, Rasmus John Normand Frandsen
  • Publication number: 20200332353
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for enrichment or isolation of a long nucleotide fragment comprising a known nucleotide sequence element, i.e. a sequence encoding a conserved active site or domain, the method being applicable i.a. to high throughput screening for DNA fragments containing a known sequence element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Marie Just Mikkelsen, Thomas Kvist, Esben Bjørn Madsen
  • Publication number: 20200288757
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a betalain pigment composition from red beet plants comprising pre-harvest foliar spraying of an ethylene-generating compound and the use of the obtained betalain pigment composition for coloring of an edible product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: CHR. HANSEN NATURAL COLORS A/S, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
    Inventors: Gregorio Barba ESPIN, Henrik Vlk LUETKEN, Bjarne JOERNSGAARD, Renate Petra Brigitte MUELLER, Tsaneta DZHANFEZOVA, Stephan GLIED, Bjoern MADSEN
  • Patent number: 10738354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for enrichment or isolation of a long nucleotide fragment comprising a known nucleotide sequence element, i.e. a sequence encoding a conserved active site or domain, the method being applicable i.a. to high throughput screening for DNA fragments containing a known sequence element. The methods include, inter alia, steps of providing a liquid sample of mixed DNA molecules comprising one or more specific target DNA molecules, formation of a multiple of liquid droplets, specific detection of droplets containing at least one of the target DNA molecules, physically selecting droplets containing at least one of the target DNA molecules, and general amplification of the DNA molecules in the coalesced selected droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samplix ApS
    Inventors: Marie Just Mikkelsen, Thomas Kvist, Esben Bjørn Madsen
  • Patent number: 10724012
    Abstract: An isolated glycosyltransferase (GT) polypeptide capable of: (I): conjugating glucose to flavokermesic acid (FK); and/or (II): conjugating glucose to kermesic acid (KA) and use of this GT to e.g. make Carminic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Københavns Universitet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
    Inventors: Rubini Maya Kannangara, Mads Bennedsen, Bjørn Madsen, Kim Binderup, Ulf Thrane, Rasmus John Normand Frandsen, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Birger Lindberg Møller, Finn Thyge Okkels
  • Patent number: 10660346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for coloring foods, beverages, animal feeds, cosmetics or drugs comprising 1) dissolved carotenoid emulsified as an oil-in-water emulsion using a suitable emulsifier and 2) crystalline carotenoid encapsulated in a suitable hydrocolloid, making it water-dispersible and thereby miscible with the oil-in-water emulsified carotenoid fraction, mixed in a ratio of between 1:100 to 100:1. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the coloring composition, a method for preparing a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic or drug and a food, beverage, animal feed, cosmetic or drug comprising the coloring composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: CHR. HANSEN NATURAL COLORS A/S
    Inventors: Jens Moeller, Bjoern Madsen, Dorthe Lauridsen
  • Publication number: 20200040367
    Abstract: A method for producing an octaketide derived aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid), wherein the method comprises (I): heterologous expression of a recombinantly introduced Type III polyketide synthase (PKS) gene encoding an octaketide synthase (OKS) to obtain non-reduced octaketide in vivo within the recombinant host cell and (II): converting in vivo the non-reduced octaketide of step (I) into a C14-C34 aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Birger Lindberg Møller, Bjørn Madsen, Dan Stærk, Finn Thyge Okkels, Johan Andersen-Ranberg, Kenneth Thermann Kongstad, Kim Binderup, Mads Bennedsen, Majse Nafisi, Paiman Khorsand-Jamal, Rubini Maya Kannangara, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Ulf Thrane, Rasmus John Normand Frandsen
  • Patent number: 10519460
    Abstract: A method for producing individual or libraries of tri- to pentadecaketide-derived aromatic compounds of interest by heterologous expression of polyketide synthase and aromatase/cyclase in a recombinant host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: DANMARKS TENISKE UNIVESITET, KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, CHR. HANSEN NATURAL COLORS A/S
    Inventors: Rasmus John Normand Frandsen, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Hilde Cornelijne Coumou, Rubini Maya Kannangara, Bjørn Madsen, Majse Nafisi, Johan Andersen-Ranberg, Kenneth Thermann Kongstad, Finn Thyge Okkels, Paiman Khorsand-Jamal, Dan Stærk, Birger Lindberg Møller
  • Publication number: 20190307152
    Abstract: A method for obtaining an anthocyanin pigment color composition from carrot plants (preferably black carrot plants) comprising pre-harvest foliar spraying of an ethylene-releasing compound and the use of the obtained anthocyanin pigment color composition for coloring of an edible product or a pharmaceutical product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, Chr. Hansen Natural Colors A/S
    Inventors: Gregorio Barba ESPIN, Henrik Vlk LUETKEN, Bjarne JOERNSGAARD, Renate Petra Brigitte MUELLER, Tsaneta DZHANFEZOVA, Stephan GLIED, Bjoern MADSEN, Finn Thyge OKKELS
  • Patent number: 10415066
    Abstract: A method for producing an octaketide derived aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid), wherein the method comprises (I): heterologous expression of a recombinantly introduced Type III polyketide synthase (PKS) gene encoding an octaketide synthase (OKS) to obtain non-reduced octaketide in vivo within the recombinant host cell and (II): converting in vivo the non-reduced octaketide of step (I) into a C14-C34 aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Københavns Universitet
    Inventors: Birger Lindberg Møller, Bjørn Madsen, Dan Stærk, Finn Thyge Okkels, Johan Andersen-Ranberg, Kenneth Thermann Kongstad, Kim Binderup, Mads Bennedsen, Majse Nafisi, Paiman Khorsand-Jamal, Rubini Maya Kannangara, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Ulf Thrane, Rasmus John Normand Frandsen
  • Publication number: 20190127767
    Abstract: A method for producing an octaketide derived aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid), wherein the method comprises (I): heterologous expression of a recombinantly introduced Type III polyketide synthase (PKS) gene encoding an octaketide synthase (OKS) to obtain non-reduced octaketide in vivo within the recombinant host cell and (II): converting in vivo the non-reduced octaketide of step (I) into a C14-C34 aromatic compound of interest (e.g. carminic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Birger Lindberg Møller, Bjørn Madsen, Dan Stærk, Finn Thyge Okkels, Johan Andersen-Ranberg, Kenneth Thermann Kongstad, Kim Binderup, Mads Bennedsen, Majse Nafisi, Paiman Khorsand-Jamal, Rubini Maya Kannangara, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Ulf Thrane, Rasmus John Normand Frandsen
  • Publication number: 20190048328
    Abstract: An isolated glycosyltransferase (GT) polypeptide capable of: (I): conjugating glucose to flavokermesic acid (FK); and/or (II): conjugating glucose to kermesic acid (KA) and use of this GT to e.g. make Carminic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicants: Københavns Universitet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
    Inventors: Rubini Maya Kannangara, Mads Bennedsen, Bjørn Madsen, Kim Binderup, Ulf Thrane, Rasmus John Normand Frandsen, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Birger Lindberg Møller, Finn Thyge Okkels
  • Publication number: 20180305709
    Abstract: A method for producing individual or libraries of tri- to pentadecaketide-derived aromatic compounds of interest by heterologous expression of polyketide synthase and aromatase/cyclase in a recombinant host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Rasmus John Normand FRANDSEN, Uffe Hasbro MORTENSEN, Hilde Cornelijne COUMOU, Rubini Maya KANNANGARA, Bjørn MADSEN, Majse NAFISI, Johan ANDERSEN-RANBERG, Kenneth Thermann KONGSTAD, Finn Thyge OKKELS, Paiman KHORSAND-JAMAL, Dan STÆRK, Birger Lindberg MØLLER