Patents by Inventor Elena Vlasenko

Elena Vlasenko 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 endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20120331587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Søren Flensted Lassen, Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Kristian Bertel Romer Morkeberg Krogh
  • Methods for determining cellulolytic enhancing activity of a polypeptide
    Patent number: 8338121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining cellulolytic enhancing activity of a polypeptide, comprising: (a) incubating a cellulosic material with an enzyme composition comprising a cellobiose dehydrogenase and one or more cellulolytic enzymes in the presence and absence of the polypeptide; and (b) measuring the release of sugar from the cellulosic material in the presence and absence of the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew David Sweeney, Elena Vlasenko
  • Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120309059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Sarah Teter, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having Xylanase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120278952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated 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: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Elena Vlasenko, Brett McBrayer, Dominique Skovlund, Sara Landvik
  • Polypeptides having Cellobiohydrolase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120272410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated 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: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Elena Vlasenko, Brett McBrayer, Mary Stringer, Kirk Schnorr
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8288615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Søren Flensted Lassen, Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Kristian Krogh
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and nucleic acids encoding same
    Patent number: 8288140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Brown, Paul Harris, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Edward Re, Elena Vlasenko, Keith McFarland, Alfredo Lopez de Leon
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8268589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Elizabeth Zaretsky
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8258370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes, A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Sarah Teter, Kimberly Brown
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING ENDOGLUCANASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20120202266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20120151633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Søren Flensted Lassen, Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Kristian Bertel Romer Morkeberg Krogh
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8168865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Elizabeth Zaretsky
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8143482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes Als
    Inventors: Søren Flensted Lassen, Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Kristian Bertel Romer Morkeberg Krogh
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8119857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Alfredo Lopez de Leon, Micheal Rey, Hanshu Ding, Elena Vlasenko
  • NOVEL FUNGAL ENZYMES
    Publication number: 20120036599
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: DYADIC INTERNATIONAL , INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wilhelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang, Jacoba Van der Meij
  • NOVEL FUNGAL ENZYMES
    Publication number: 20120030838
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: DYADIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wilhelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang, Jacobs Van der Meij
  • Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120023626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Sarah Teter, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8080386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8063267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Sarah Teter, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20110185454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen