Patents by Inventor Carsten Franz

Carsten Franz 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).

  • DNase variants
    Patent number: 11441136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants and methods for obtaining 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lars Giger, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Beier, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Gernot J. Abel, Klaus Gori
  • Detergent Compositions Comprising Two Proteases
    Publication number: 20220145220
    Abstract: The invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a first protease and a second protease having different net charge characteristics as well as novel protease variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jürgen Carsten Franz Knötzel, Bena-Marie Lue, Kenneth Jensen
  • Polypeptides having DNase activity
    Patent number: 11208639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having DNase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Jesper Salomon, Klaus Gori, Jürgen Carsten Franz Knötzel
  • Dnase Variants
    Publication number: 20200325461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants and methods for obtaining 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lars Giger, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Beier, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Gernot J. Abel, Klaus Gori
  • Detergent compositions comprising polypeptide variants
    Patent number: 10781408
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising polypeptide variants and methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions, and fabric treatment compositions comprising polypeptide variants. The compositions may comprise surfactants: anionic, nonionic and/or cationic surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lars Giger, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Beier, Jürgen Carsten Franz Knötzel, Gernot J. Abel, Klaus Gori, Neil Joseph Lant
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10752890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Mikael Bauer
  • Detergent Composition
    Publication number: 20200157472
    Abstract: Peptide aldehydes containing a ureido group are effective as stabilizers for protease in a detergent composition, and as stabilizers for a second enzyme in a liquid composition with a protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Kierstein Nielsen, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Esben Peter Friis, Juergen Carsten Franz Knoetzel, Ole Simonsen
  • Subtilase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10647974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and optionally on par or improved wash performance. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorff Hede, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Maria Norman Hockauf, Lars Beier, Mikael Bauer, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Julie Bille Rannes
  • Polypeptides having Dnase Activity
    Publication number: 20200109381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having DNase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Jesper Salomon, Klaus Gori, Jürgen Carsten Franz Knötzel
  • Detergent composition
    Patent number: 10577568
    Abstract: Peptide aldehydes containing a ureido group are effective as stabilizers for protease in a detergent composition, and as stabilizers for a second enzyme in a liquid composition with a protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Kierstein Nielsen, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Esben Peter Friis, Juergen Carsten Franz Knoetzel, Ole Simonsen
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10533166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer
  • Subtilase Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20190338266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and optionally on par or improved wash performance. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Hede, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Maria Norman Hockauf, Lars Beier, Michael Bauer, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Julie Billie Rannes
  • Subtilase variants and compositions comprising same
    Patent number: 10378001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and optionally on par or improved wash performance. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Maria Norman Hockauf, Lars Beier, Michael Bauer, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Lehmann Christensen, Julie Billie Rannes
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYPEPTIDE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20190127664
    Abstract: Detergent compositions comprising polypeptide variants and methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions, and fabric treatment compositions comprising polypeptide variants. The compositions may comprise surfactants: anionic, nonionic and/or cationic surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Lars Henrik OESTERGAARD, Lars GIGER, Annette Helle JOHANSEN, Lars BEIER, Jürgen Carsten Franz KNÖTZEL, Gernot J. ABEL, Klaus GORI, Neil Joseph LANT
  • PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20190040376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Mikael Bauer
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10150957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Mikael Bauer
  • Detergent composition comprising protease variants
    Patent number: 10072236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising protease variants and methods for obtaining such detergent compositions. The present invention also relates to the use of such detergent compositions, especially in laundry or in hard surface cleaning applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Juergen Carsten Franz Knoetzel, Mikael Bauer
  • Protease Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20180171319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9926550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9719077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer