Patents by Inventor Chigusa Marumoto

Chigusa Marumoto 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 aminopeptidase activity and nucleic acids encoding same
    Patent number: 6673571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having aminopeptidase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. 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: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Blinkovsky, Tony S. Byun, Alan V. Klotz, Alan Sloma, Kimberly Brown, Maria Tang, Mikio Fujii, Chigusa Marumoto, Lene Venke Kofod
  • Polypeptides having aminopeptidase activity and nucleic acids encoding same
    Publication number: 20020177210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having aminopeptidase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Blinkovsky, Tony S. Byun, Alan V. Klotz, Alan Sloma, Kimberly Brown, Maria Tang, Mikio Fujii, Chigusa Marumoto, Lene Venke Kofod
  • Methods of producing protein hydrolysates
    Patent number: 6465209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing protein hydrolysates, comprising adding to a proteinaceous material one or more aminopeptidase(s) having glycine releasing properties and one or more additional proteases wherein the amount of glycine produced is greater than the amount of glycine produced by the one or more additional proteases alone under the same conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignees: Novozymes Biotech, Inc., Novozymes A/S, Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Blinkovsky, Kimberly Brown, Elizabeth Golightly, Tony Byun, Thomas E. Mathiasen, Lene V. Kofod, Mikio Fujii, Chigusa Marumoto
  • Polypeptides having aminopeptidase activity and nucleic acids encoding same
    Patent number: 6303360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having aminopeptidase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. 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: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignees: Novozymes Biotech, Inc,, Novozymes A/S, Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Blinkovsky, Tony S. Byun, Alan V. Klotz, Alan Sloma, Kimberly Brown, Maria Tang, Mikio Fujii, Chigusa Marumoto, Lene Venke Kofod
  • Polypeptides having aminopeptidase activity and nucleic acids encoding same
    Patent number: 6184020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having aminopeptidase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. 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: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignees: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc., Novo Nordisk A/S, Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Blinkovsky, Tony S. Byun, Alan V. Klotz, Alan Sloma, Kimberly Brown, Maria Tang, Mikio Fujii, Chigusa Marumoto