Patents by Inventor Carsten Sjoholm

Carsten Sjoholm 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).

  • Polypeptides having phytase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8450096
    Abstract: The invention relates to Citrobacter phytases derived from Citrobacter amalonaticus, Citrobacter gillenii, and related phytases. The phytases belong to the acid histidine phosphatase family, are acid-stable, and expectedly of a high specific activity. The invention also relates to the corresponding DNA, the recombinant and wild-type production of the phytases, as well as the use thereof, in particular in animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Takamiya Wik, Carsten Sjoholm
  • Proteases
    Patent number: 8357408
    Abstract: Proteases derived from Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei DSM 43235, Nocardiopsis prasina DSM 15649, Nocardiopsis prasina (previously alba) DSM 14010 Nocardiopsis sp. DSM 16424, Nocardiopsis alkaliphila DSM 44657 and Nocardiopsis lucentensis DSM 44048, as well as homologous proteases; their recombinant production in various hosts, including transgenic plants and non-human animals, and their use in animal feed and detergents. The proteases are acid-stable, alkali-stable, and/or thermostable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soren Flensted Lassen, Carsten Sjoholm, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard, Morten Fischer
  • Polypeptides Having Phytase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120114799
    Abstract: The invention relates to Citrobacter phytases derived from Citrobacter amalonaticus, Citrobacter gillenii, and related phytases. The phytases belong to the acid histidine phosphatase family, are acid-stable, and expectedly of a high specific activity. The invention also relates to the corresponding DNA, the recombinant and wild-type production of the phytases, as well as the use thereof, in particular in animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Takamiya Wik, Carsten Sjøholm
  • Polypeptides having phytase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8076115
    Abstract: The invention relates to Citrobacter phytases derived from Citrobacter amalonaticus, Citrobacter gillenii, and related phytases. The phytases belong to the acid histidine phosphatase family, are acid-stable, and expectedly of a high specific activity. The invention also relates to the corresponding DNA, the recombinant and wild-type production of the phytases, as well as the use thereof, in particular in animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Takamiya Wik, Carsten Sjoholm
  • Polypeptides having phytase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 7867743
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phytase derived from Citrobacter braakii and related phytases. The phytases belong to the acid histidine phosphatase family, are acid-stable, of an excellent performance in animal feed, of a high specificity towards the substrate phytate, and expectedly of a high specific activity. The invention also relates to the corresponding DNA, the recombinant and wild-type production of the phytases, as well as the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Takamiya Wik, Carsten Sjøholm, Henrik Frisner, Allan Noergaard, Mikael Blom Sørensen
  • Polypeptides having phytase activity
    Patent number: 7833768
    Abstract: The invention relates to Citrobacter phytases derived from Citrobacter amalonaticus, Citrobacter gillenii, and related phytases. The phytases belong to the acid histidine phosphatase family, are acid-stable, and expectedly of a high specific activity. The invention also relates to the corresponding DNA, the recombinant and wild-type production of the phytases, as well as the use thereof, in particular in animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Takamiya Wik, Carsten Sjoholm
  • Polypeptides Having Phytase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20100287634
    Abstract: The invention relates to Citrobacter phytases derived from Citrobacter amalonaticus, Citrobacter gillenii, and related phytases. The phytases belong to the acid histidine phosphatase family, are acid-stable, and expectedly of a high specific activity. The invention also relates to the corresponding DNA, the recombinant and wild-type production of the phytases, as well as the use thereof, in particular in animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: MONICA TAKAMIYA WIK, CARSTEN SJØHOLM
  • Polypeptides Having Phytase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20080292753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phytase derived from Citrobacter braakii and related phytases. The phytases belong to the acid histidine phosphatase family, are acid-stable, of an excellent performance in animal feed, of a high specificity towards the substrate phytate, and expectedly of a high specific activity. The invention also relates to the corresponding DNA, the recombinant and wild-type production of the phytases, as well as the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Monica Takamiya Wik, Carsten Sjoholm, Henrik Frisner, Allan Noergaard, Mikael Blom Sorensen
  • Proteases
    Patent number: 7208310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proteases of high specific activity homologous to proteases derived from Nocardiopsis, and the production thereof by the wild-type, and in recombinant host cells including transgenic plants and non-human transgenic animals. The proteases are effective in animal feed, and detergents. Characteristic structural features of relevance for the specific activity of these proteases of peptidase family S2A or S1E are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Flensted Lassen, Carsten Sjoholm, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard
  • Proteases
    Publication number: 20050055747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to proteases of high specific activity homologous to proteases derived from Nocardiopsis, and the production thereof by the wild-type, and in recombinant host cells including transgenic plants and non-human transgenic animals. The proteases are effective in animal feed, and detergents. Characteristic structural features of relevance for the specific activity of these proteases of peptidase family S2A or S1E are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Lassen, Carsten Sjoholm, Peter Ostergaard
  • Method for generating a gene library
    Publication number: 20040121392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating a gene library from an environmental pool of organisms, which gene library is enriched in DNA encoding a polypeptide with an activity of interest. Also, the invention provides a method of selecting a DNA sequence of interest from an environmental pool of organisms. Further, the invention relates to a gene library prepared from an enriched environmental pool of organisms enriched in DNA encoding a polypeptide with an activity of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Sandal, Carsten Sjoholm, Thomas Shafer, Lene Lange, Fiona Duffner
  • Method for generating a gene library
    Patent number: 6723504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating a gene library from an environmental pool of organisms, which gene library is enriched in DNA encoding a polypeptide with an activity of interest. Also, the invention provides a method of selecting a DNA sequence of interest from an environmental pool of organisms. Further, the invention relates to a gene library prepared from an enriched environmental pool of organisms enriched in DNA encoding a polypeptide with an activity of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Sandal, Carsten Sjøholm, Thomas Schäfer, Lene Lange, Fiona Duffner
  • Bacterial galactanases and use thereof
    Publication number: 20030022347
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated polypeptide with galactanase activity, polynucleotides encoding a galactanase, a method for modifying animal feed, in particular animal feed comprising plant material such as soybean, by adding to the animal feed at least one galactanase enzyme, and also to a method for obtaining a DNA sequence encoding a galactanase enzyme or a portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Sjoholm, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard
  • Bacterial galactanases and use thereof
    Patent number: 6331426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying animal feed, in particular animal feed containing plant material such as soybean, by adding to the animal feed at least one galactanase enzym, to a method for obtaining a DNA sequence encoding a galactanase enzyme or a portion thereof, and to isolated polynucleotide molecules encoding polypeptides having galactanase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mads Eskelund Bjørnvad, Ib Groth Clausen, Martin Schülein, Lisbeth Bech, Peter Rahbek Østergaard, Carsten Sjøholm