Patents by Inventor Brian R. Scott
Brian R. Scott 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).
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Patent number: 11946625Abstract: A site light including a body, an arm coupled to the body having an adjustable arm length, a light assembly coupled to the arm opposite the body, and a drive assembly configured to alter the arm length. The drive assembly, in turn, includes a drive wheel mounted for rotation with respect to the body, an idle wheel mounted for rotation with respect to the body, and a biasing member configured to bias the idle wheel toward the drive wheel. The site light also includes a cable coupled to the arm where the cable is positioned between and engaged by both the drive wheel and the idle wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: David Proeber, Ross McIntyre, Jason D. Thurner, Michael A. Verhagen, Gareth Mueckl, Brian Cornell, Dalton F. Hansen, Anthony R. Sleck, John S. Scott, Scott T. Moeller
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Publication number: 20240107118Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate control of playback of a live content item displayed in a playback user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate display of key content corresponding to a live content item in a key content user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate concurrently display of multiple content items in a Multiview user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate display of insights corresponding to a content item displayed in a playback user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Christopher J. ELLINGFORD, Kevin M. SANDLOW, Lucio MORENO RUFO, Fredric R. VINNA, Policarpo B. WOOD, Antonio ALLEN, William D. CARPENTER, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Jonathan SILVIO, Brian K. SHIRAISHI, Gregory T. SCOTT
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Publication number: 20230235094Abstract: The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, JR., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Yi Cao, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang, Brian R. Scott
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Patent number: 11649298Abstract: The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Yi Cao, James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Brian R. Scott, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang
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Publication number: 20210251239Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising an enzyme and a fungicide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Brian R. Scott, John William Rice, Jarrod Leland, Dave Greenshields, Sharon Inch
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Publication number: 20210251238Abstract: A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising an enzyme and an insecticide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/SInventors: Brian R. Scott, Jarrod Leland, Calum Russell, Dave Greenshields
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Publication number: 20210017297Abstract: The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Yi Cao, James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Brian R. Scott, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 10836837Abstract: A process for treating crop kernels is comprised of the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Yi Cao, James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Brian R. Scott, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 10385326Abstract: The present invention relates to GH Family 11 xylanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: James Lavigne, Brian R. Scott, Daniel Sebastian Kolczynski
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Patent number: 10370682Abstract: The present invention relates to xylanase variants, comprising an alteration at least at one position corresponding to position 87 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the variant has xylanase activity and has increased xylanase inhibitor tolerance compared to the xylanase of SEQ ID NO: 3; and i) wherein the variant has at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%, but less than 100% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3; or ii) wherein the number of alterations is 1-20, e.g., 1-10 such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 alterations. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Brian R. Scott, Mark David Wogulis, Sven Pedersen, James Lavigne
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Patent number: 10364422Abstract: Provided are modified cellulase enzymes exhibiting increase cellulose-hydrolyzing activity in the presence of lignin and/or reduced binding to lignin comprising modified linker peptides comprising one or more amino acid substitutions, insertions, or deletions that result in (a) a decrease in the calculated isoelectric point of the linker peptide and/or (b) an increase in the ratio of threonine:serine in the linker peptide relative to a parental linker peptide from which said modified linker peptide is derived. Also provided are genetic constructs comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding for modified cellulase enzymes, methods for the production of the modified cellulase enzymes from host strains and a process for hydrolysing cellulose with the modified cellulases in the presence of lignin.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: IOGEN ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Brian R. Scott, Patrick St-Pierre, James Lavigne, Nabil Masri, Theresa C. White, John J. Tomashek
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Publication number: 20190002592Abstract: A process for treating crop kernels is comprised of the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Yi Cao, James Lavigne, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Brian R. Scott, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Zhen Long, Michael John Akerman, Xinyu Shen, Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 9885028Abstract: Provided is a modified Family 1 carbohydrate binding module (CBM) comprising amino acid substitutions at one or more of positions 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21, 24, 29, 31, 33, and 37, said position determined from alignment of a Family 1 CBM amino acid sequence with SEQ ID NO: 30, and exhibiting from about 50% to about 99.9% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 30. Also provided are modified glycosidase enzymes comprising the modified Family 1 CBM, genetic constructs and genetically modified microbes for expressing the modified Family 1 CBM or modified glycosidase enzyme. The modified Family 1 CBM confers reduced lignin binding and/or increased hydrolyzing activity in the presence of lignin to the modified glycosidase enzyme, which may be used in a process for hydrolyzing cellulose or hemicellulose in the presence of lignin.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Iogen Energy CorporationInventors: John J. Tomashek, Brian R. Scott, Daniel Kolczynski
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Publication number: 20170327855Abstract: The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of an enzyme composition comprising: i) a protease, and ii) a cellulolytic composition, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Zhen Long, James Lavigne, JR., Bernardo Vidal, JR., Brian R. Scott, Randall Scott Deinhammer, Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Chee-Leong Soong, Yi Cao, Yu Zhang
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Publication number: 20170101635Abstract: The present invention relates to GH Family 11 xylanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: James Lavigne, Brian R. Scott, Daniel Sebastian Kolczynski
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Publication number: 20170096687Abstract: The present invention relates to xylanase variants, comprising an alteration at least at one position corresponding to position 87 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the variant has xylanase activity and has increased xylanase inhibitor tolerance compared to the xylanase of SEQ ID NO: 3; and i) wherein the variant has at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%, but less than 100% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3; or ii) wherein the number of alterations is 1-20, e.g., 1-10 such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 alterations. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Brian R. Scott, Mark David Wogulis, Sven Pedersen, James Lavigne
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Publication number: 20160326507Abstract: The present invention relates to GH Family 5 endoglucanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: James Lavigne, Daniel Sebastian Kolczynski, Brian R. Scott
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Publication number: 20160201043Abstract: Provided are modified cellulase enzymes exhibiting increase cellulose-hydrolyzing activity in the presence of lignin and/or reduced binding to lignin comprising modified linker peptides comprising one or more amino acid substitutions, insertions, or deletions that result in (a) a decrease in the calculated isoelectric point of the linker peptide and/or (b) an increase in the ratio of threonine:serine in the linker peptide relative to a parental linker peptide from which said modified linker peptide is derived. Also provided are genetic constructs comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding for modified cellulase enzymes, methods for the production of the modified cellulase enzymes from host strains and a process for hydrolysing cellulose with the modified cellulases in the presence of lignin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Brian R. Scott, Patrick St-Pierre, James Lavigne, Nabil Masri, Theresa C. White, John J. Tomashek
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Publication number: 20160115464Abstract: Provided is a modified Family 1 carbohydrate binding module (CBM) comprising amino acid substitutions at one or more of positions 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21, 24, 29, 31, 33, and 37, said position determined from alignment of a Family 1 CBM amino acid sequence with SEQ ID NO: 30, and exhibiting from about 50% to about 99.9% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 30. Also provided are modified glycosidase enzymes comprising the modified Family 1 CBM, genetic constructs and genetically modified microbes for expressing the modified Family 1 CBM or modified glycosidase enzyme. The modified Family 1 CBM confers reduced lignin binding and/or increased hydrolysing activity in the presence of lignin to the modified glycosidase enzyme, which may be used in a process for hydrolysing cellulose or hemicellulose in the presence of lignin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: John J. Tomashek, Brian R. Scott, Daniel Kolczynski
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Patent number: 9279112Abstract: Provided are modified cellulase enzymes exhibiting increase cellulose-hydrolyzing activity in the presence of lignin and/or reduced binding to lignin comprising modified linker peptides comprising one or more amino acid substitutions, insertions, or deletions that result in (a) a decrease in the calculated isoelectric point of the linker peptide and/or (b) an increase in the ratio of threonine:serine in the linker peptide relative to a parental linker peptide from which said modified linker peptide is derived. Also provided are genetic constructs comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding for modified cellulase enzymes, methods for the production of the modified cellulase enzymes from host strains and a process for hydrolyzing cellulose with the modified cellulases in the presence of lignin.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: IOGEN ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Brian R. Scott, Patrick St-Pierre, James Lavigne, Nabil Masri, Theresa C. White, John J. Tomashek