Patents by Inventor Dietmar Andreas LANG

Dietmar Andreas LANG 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).

  • Publication number: 20240093257
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid, using an ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme which has a sequence identity of at least 70% with either SEQ ID. 1 or SEQ. ID 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Natalia Eliza Iyke DOMERADZKA, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Neil James PARRY, Mark Lawrence THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20240084353
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid comprising the following process steps: —(a) contact of a starting di-rhamnolipid material with an ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme which is immobilised on a support; (b) separation of the produced mono-rhamnolipid from the reaction medium and/or side products; wherein the ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme does not have ?-D-glucosidase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Natalia Eliza Iyke DOMERADZKA, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Neil James PARRY, Mark Lawrence THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20230112279
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting lipase activity in a detergent composition, said method involving incorporation of from 0.25 to 40 wt. % of a saponin into said lipase containing composition, wherein said detergent composition preferably is a home care detergent composition, more preferably a laundry detergent composition; and to the use of saponin to inhibit lipase activity in a detergent composition, preferably a laundry detergent composition, wherein the saponin is present in the detergent formulation at a level of from 0.25 to 40 wt. %, wherein said detergent composition preferably is a home care detergent composition, more preferably a laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Sarah Louise HOSKING, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Mark Lawrence THOMPSON, Ian Malcolm TUCKER
  • Publication number: 20220033736
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a detergent composition, comprising: a) from 2 to 95 wt. %, preferably from 2 to 50 wt. %, more preferably from 2 to 40 wt. %, most preferably from 2.5 to 40 wt. % of an organic acid derivative of mono- and di-glycerides of the form:—(I) wherein one or two, of R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from an acyl group of the formula R4CO—; where R4 is a linear or branched, saturated or mon-unsaturated C9 to C21 alkyl chain; wherein one or two, of R1, R2 and R3 is selected from an organic acid of generic formulation (HOOC)nXCO—; wherein X is saturated or monounsaturated organic group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n=1 to 3; wherein one or none of R1, R2 and R3 is enzyme; and to domestic method of treatment of a textile using said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Stephen Norman BATCHELOR, Neil Stephen BURNHAM, Andrew Thomas COOK, Dietmar Andreas LANG
  • Patent number: 10927325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent composition comprising: —(a) from 0.0001 to 1 wt. %, preferably from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt. %, more preferably from 0.0001 to 0.01 wt. %, most preferably from 0.0005 to 0.001 wt. % of a shading dye; and, (b) from 0.0001 to 10 wt. %, preferably from 0.0005 to 8 wt. %, more preferably from 0.001 to 5 wt. %, most preferably from 0.002 to 0.2 wt. % of a cellulase selected from any sequence with a sequence identity of at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, further preferred at least 90%, GO even more preferred at least 92%, also preferred at least 95%, particularly preferred at least 98% and most preferred at least 99% to SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Best, Andrew Thomas Cook, Thomas Eisele, Michael Hoesl, Claudia Jakob, Helge Jochens, Andreas Kohl, Panagiotis Kotsakis, Dietmar Andreas Lang, Timothy O'Connell, Neil James Parry, Ilaria Sambi, Frank Wallrapp
  • Publication number: 20200369988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent composition comprising:—(a) from 0.0001 to 1 wt. %, preferably from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt. %, more preferably from 0.0001 to 0.01 wt. %, most preferably from 0.0005 to 0.001 wt. % of a shading dye; and, (b) from 0.0001 to 10 wt. %, preferably from 0.0005 to 8 wt. %, more preferably from 0.001 to 5 wt. %, most preferably from 0.002 to 0.2 wt. % of a cellulase selected from any sequence with a sequence identity of at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, further preferred at least 90%, even more preferred at least 92%, also preferred at least 95%, particularly preferred at least 98% and most preferred at least 99% to SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Jonathan BEST, Andrew Thomas COOK, Thomas EISELE, Michael HOESL, Claudia JAKOB, Helge JOCHENS, Andreas KOHL, Panagiotis KOTSAKIS, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Timothy O'CONNELL, Neil James PARRY, IIaria SAMBI, Frank WALLRAPP
  • Publication number: 20200010819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cellulase, the use of the novel cellulase in various applications such as detergent compositions and a composition comprising the novel cellulase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Claudia JAKOB, Timothy O'CONNELL, Helge JOCHENS, Frank WALLRAPP, Michael HOESL, Andreas KOHL, Thomas EISELE, Jonathan BEST, Andrew Thomas COOK, Panagiotis KOTSAKIS, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Neil James PARRY, Ilaria SAMBI
  • Patent number: 10400197
    Abstract: Compositions comprising lipases and biosurfactants, especially psychrophilic lipases and biosurfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CONOPCO INC.
    Inventors: Simone Antonio De Rose, Dietmar Andreas Lang, Jennifer Ann Littlechild-Bond, Halina Rose Novak, Sukriti Singh
  • Publication number: 20190016996
    Abstract: A liquid detergency composition comprising a protease and a lipase, wherein the lipase comprises a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which has at least 90 percent sequence identity with the wild-type lipase derived from Humicola lanuginosa strain DSM 4109 and, compared to said wild-type lipase, comprises a substitution of an electrically neutral or negatively charged amino acid within 15 A of E1 or Q249 with a positively charged amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio DE ROSE, Andrew DOWD, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Neil James PARRY, Sukriti SINGH
  • Publication number: 20180245024
    Abstract: Compositions comprising lipases and biosurfactants, especially psychrophilic lipases and biosurfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio DE ROSE, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Sukriti SINGH
  • Publication number: 20180245023
    Abstract: A liquid detergency composition comprising: protease and non-protease enzyme wherein at least part of either the protease or the non-protease enzyme is cross-linked enzyme aggregate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio De Rose, Andrew DOWD, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Neil James PARRY, Sukriti SINGH
  • Publication number: 20180237729
    Abstract: Laundry compositions comprising lipases from Psychromonas ingrahamii. Uses of such compositions in methods of laundry, especially at low temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Simone Antonio DE ROSE, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Jennifer Ann LITTLECHILD-BOND, Halina Rose NOVAK, Sukriti SINGH