Patents by Inventor Donn Nelton Rubingh

Donn Nelton Rubingh 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).

  • Patent number: 6946128
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to subtilisin protease conjugate comprising a protease moiety and one or more addition moieties. Each addition moiety is covalently attached to an epitope protection position of the protease moiety. The protease conjugates have decreased immunogenicity relative to a parent protease. The present disclosure further relates to cleaning and personal care compositions comprising the protease conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donn Nelton Rubingh, David John Weisgerber, Paul Elliott Correa
  • Patent number: 6908757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of serine proteases having decreased immunogenicity relative to their corresponding wild-type proteases. More particularly, the present invention relates to variants having a modified amino acid sequence of a wild-type amino acid sequence, wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises a deletion and, optionally, a substitution of one or more specifically identified positions corresponding to subtilisin BPN?. The invention further relates to mutant genes encoding such variants and cleaning and personal care compositions comprising such variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donn Nelton Rubingh, Elizabeth Ellen Sikorski, Paul Elliott Correa
  • Patent number: 6599730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subtilisin 309 variants having a modified amino acid sequence of wild-type subtilisin 309 amino acid sequence, the wild-type amino acid sequence comprising a first loop region, a second loop region, a third loop region, a fourth loop region, a fifth loop region and a sixth loop region; wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises different amino acids than that occurring in wild-type subtilisin 309 (i.e., substitution) at specifically identified positions in one or more of the loop regions whereby the subtilisin 309 variant has decreased adsorption to, and increased hydrolysis of, an insoluble substrate as compared to the wild-type subtilisin 309. The present invention also relates to DNA sequence encoding such subtilisin 309 variants. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising such subtilisin 309 variants for cleaning a variety of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh, Chanchal Kamur Ghosh
  • Patent number: 6586224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of subtilisin-like proteases having decreased immunogenicity relative to their corresponding wild-type proteases. The present invention further relates to such variants additionally having one or more amino acid substitutions in one or more epitope regions or additionally having one or more stabilizing substitutions. The invention further relates to mutant genes encoding such variants and cleaning and personal care compositions comprising such variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donn Nelton Rubingh, Elizabeth Ellen Sikorski
  • Patent number: 6586223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of subtilisin-like proteases having decreased immunogenicity relative to their corresponding wild-type proteases. More particularly, the present invention relates to variants having a modified amino acid sequence of a wild-type amino acid sequence, wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises a substitution of one or more epitope regions. The invention further relates to mutant genes encoding such variants and cleaning and personal care compositions comprising such variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ellen Sikorski, Donn Nelton Rubingh
  • Patent number: 6569663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of serine proteases having decreased immunogenicity relative to their corresponding wild-type proteases. More particularly, the present invention relates to variants having a modified amino acid sequence of a wild-type amino acid sequence, wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises a substitution of one or more specifically identified positions corresponding to subtilisin BPN′. The invention further relates to mutant genes encoding such variants and cleaning and personal care compositions comprising such variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donn Nelton Rubingh, Elizabeth Ellen Sikorski, Paul Elliott Correa
  • Patent number: 6566115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to subtilisin protease conjugate comprising a protease moiety and one or more addition moieties. Each addition moiety is covalently attached to a clip site protection position of the protease moiety, wherein the clip site protection positions are selected from 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 84, 85, 88, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 170, 186, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 259, 260, 261, 262, and 274 corresponding to subtilisin BPN′. The protease conjugates have decreased immunogenicity relative to a parent protease. The present disclosure further relates to cleaning and personal care compositions comprising the protease conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David John Weisgerber, Donn Nelton Rubingh, Paul Elliott Correa
  • Patent number: 6495136
    Abstract: Protease conjugates such as subtilisin conjugates are provided comprising a protease moiety and one or more addition moieties wherein the protease moiety has a modified amino acid sequence of a parent amino acid sequence. The parent amino acid sequence comprises a first epitope region, a second epitope region and a third epitope region, and the modified amino acid sequence comprises a substitution by a substituting amino acid at one or more positions in one or more of the epitope regions. When a substitution occurs in the first epitope region, the substitution occurs at one or more positions corresponding to positions 70-84 of subtilisin BPN′. When a substitution occurs in the second epitope region, the substitution occurs at one or more positions corresponding to positions 103-126 of subtilisin BPN′. When a substitution occurs in the third epitope region, the substitution occurs at one or more positions corresponding to positions 217-252 of subtilisin BPN′.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David John Weisgerber, Donn Nelton Rubingh, Paul Elliott Correa
  • Patent number: 6475765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Subtilisin DY variants having a modified amino acid sequence of wild-type Subtilisin DY amino acid sequence, the wild-type amino acid sequence comprising a first loop region, a second loop region, a third loop region, a fourth loop region, a fifth loop region and a sixth loop region; wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises different amino acids than that occurring in wild-type Subtilisin DY (i.e., substitution) at specifically identified positions in one or more of the loop regions whereby the Subtilisin DY variant has decreased adsorption to, and increased hydrolysis of, an insoluble substrate as compared to the wild-type Subtilisin DY. The present invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding such Subtilisin DY variants. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising such Subtilisin DY variants for cleaning a variety of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh
  • Patent number: 6455295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subtilisin Carlsberg variants having a modified amino acid sequence of wild-type subtilisin Carlsberg amino acid sequence, the wild-type amino acid sequence comprising a first loop region, a second loop region, a third loop region, a fourth loop region, a fifth loop region and a sixth loop region; wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises different amino acids than that occurring in wild-type subtilisin Carlsberg (i.e., substitution) at specifically identified positions in one or more of the loop regions whereby the subtilisin Carlsberg variant has decreased adsorption to, and increased hydrolysis of, an insoluble substrate as compared to the wild-type subtilisin Carlsberg. The present invention also relates to the genes encoding such subtilisin Carlsberg variants. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising such subtilisin Carlsberg variants for cleaning a variety of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh
  • Patent number: 6451574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Proteinase K variants having a modified amino acid sequence of wild-type Proteinase K amino acid sequence, the wild-type amino acid sequence comprising a first loop region, a second loop region, a third loop region, a fourth loop region, a fifth loop region and a sixth loop region; wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises different amino acids than that occurring in wild-type Proteinase K (i.e., substitution) at specifically identified positions in one or more of the loop regions whereby the Proteinase K variant has decreased adsorption to, and increased hydrolysis of, an insoluble substrate as compared to the wild-type Proteinase K. The present invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding such Proteinase K variants. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising such Proteinase K variants for cleaning a variety of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh
  • Patent number: 6440717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subtilisin BPN′ variants comprising at least one or more amino acid positions having a different amino acid than that occurring in wild-type subtilisin BPN′ (i.e., substitution) at specifically identified positions, whereby the BPN′ variant has decreased adsorption to, and increased hydrolysis of, an insoluble substrate as compared to wild-type subtilisin BPN′. The present invention further relates to various cleaning compositions comprising such BPN′ variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh
  • Patent number: 6436690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subtilisin BPN′ variants having a modified amino acid sequence of wild-type BPN′ amino acid sequence, the wild-type amino acid sequence comprising a first loop region, a second loop region, a third loop region, a fourth loop region and a fifth loop region; wherein the modified amino acid sequence comprises different amino acids than that occurring in wild-type subtilisin BPN′ (i.e., substitution) at specifically identified positions in one or more of the loop regions whereby the BPN′ variant has decreased adsorption to, and increased hydrolysis of, an insoluble substrate as compared to the wild-type subtilisin BPN′. The present invention also relates to the genes encoding such subtilisin BPN′ variants. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising such subtilisin BPN′ variants for cleaning a variety of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh
  • Patent number: 6017871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising protease enzyme which is a carbonyl hydrolase variant having an amino acid sequence not found in nature, which is derived by replacement of a plurality of amino acid residues of a precursor carbonyl hydrolase with different amino acids, wherein said plurality of amino acid residues replaced in the precursor enzyme correspond to position +76 in combination with one or more of the following residues: +99, +101, +103, +104, +107, +123, +27, +105, +109, +126, +128, +135, +156, +166, +195, +197, +204, +206, +210, +216, +217, +218, +222, +260, +265, and/or +274, where the numbered positions corresponds to naturally-occurring subtilisin from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens or to equivalent amino acid residues in other carbonyl hydrolases or subtilisins (such as Bacillus lentus subtilisin).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Baeck, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Thomas Paul Graycar, Richard Ray Bott, Lori Jean Wilson, Philip Frederick Brode, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh
  • Patent number: 5679630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising subtilisin proteases from Bacillus lentus having the following alterations: N76D, S103A and V104I, where the numbering is based on the corresponding positions in the subtilisin from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Baeck, Chanchal Kumar Ghosh, Thomas Paul Graycar, Richard Ray Bott, Lori Jean Wilson, Philip Frederick Brode, Bobby Lee Barnett, Donn Nelton Rubingh