Patents by Inventor Elisabeth Lill ANDREASSEN

Elisabeth Lill ANDREASSEN 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: 20200332352
    Abstract: The invention provides an exonuclease or an enzymatically active fragment thereof, said exonuclease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence which is at least about 50% identical thereto, wherein said exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof (i) is substantially irreversibly inactivated by heating at a temperature of about 55° C. for 10 minutes in a buffer consisting of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5 at 25° C., 50 mM KCl and 5 mM MgCl2; (ii) is substantially specific for single stranded DNA; and (iii) has a 3?-5? exonuclease activity. The invention further provides a method of removing single stranded DNA from a sample, a method of nucleic acid amplification, a method of reverse transcription and a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis in which the exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicants: ArcticZymes AS, Universitetet I Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitet
    Inventors: Terese SOLSTAD, Elisabeth Lill ANDREASSEN, Marit Sjo LORENTZEN, Olav LANES, Morten ELDE, Atle Noralf LARSEN, Yvonne PIOTROWSKI, Nils Peder WILLASSEN
  • Patent number: 10787702
    Abstract: The invention provides an exonuclease or an enzymatically active fragment thereof, said exonuclease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence which is at least about 50% identical thereto, wherein said exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof (i) is substantially irreversibly inactivated by heating at a temperature of about 55° C. for 10 minutes in a buffer consisting of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5 at 25° C., 50 mM KCl and 5 mM MgCl2; (ii) is substantially specific for single stranded DNA; and (iii) has a 3?-5? exonuclease activity. The invention further provides a method of removing single stranded DNA from a sample, a method of nucleic acid amplification, a method of reverse transcription and a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis in which the exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: ARCTICZYMES AS, UNIVERSITETET I TROMSø—NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Terese Solstad, Elisabeth Lill Andreassen, Marit Sjo Lorentzen, Olav Lanes, Morten Elde, Atle Noralf Larsen, Yvonne Piotrowski, Nils Peder Willassen
  • Publication number: 20200071753
    Abstract: The invention provides an exonuclease or an enzymatically active fragment thereof, said exonuclease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence which is at least about 50% identical thereto, wherein said exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof (i) is substantially irreversibly inactivated by heating at a temperature of about 55° C. for 10 minutes in a buffer consisting of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5 at 25° C., 50 mM KCl and 5 mM MgCl2; (ii) is substantially specific for single stranded DNA; and (iii) has a 3?-5? exonuclease activity. The invention further provides a method of removing single stranded DNA from a sample, a method of nucleic acid amplification, a method of reverse transcription and a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis in which the exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicants: ArcticZymes AS, Universitetet I Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitet
    Inventors: Terese SOLSTAD, Elisabeth Lill ANDREASSEN, Marit Sjo LORENTZEN, Olav LANES, Morten ELDE, Atle Noralf LARSEN, Yvonne PIOTROWSKI, Nils Peder WILLASSEN
  • Patent number: 10415082
    Abstract: The invention provides an exonuclease or an enzymatically active fragment thereof, said exonuclease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence which is at least about 50% identical thereto, wherein said exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof (i) is substantially irreversibly inactivated by heating at a temperature of about 55° C. for 10 minutes in a buffer consisting of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5 at 25° C., 50 mM KCl and 5 mM MgCl2; (ii) is substantially specific for single stranded DNA; and (iii) has a 3?-5? exonuclease activity. The invention further provides a method of removing single stranded DNA from a sample, a method of nucleic acid amplification, a method of reverse transcription and a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis in which the exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: ARCTICZYMES AS, UNIVERSITETET I TROMSø—NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Terese Solstad, Elisabeth Lill Andreassen, Marit Sjo Lorentzen, Olav Lanes, Morten Elde, Atle Noralf Larsen, Yvonne Piotrowski, Nils Peder Willassen
  • Publication number: 20180363042
    Abstract: The invention provides an exonuclease or an enzymatically active fragment thereof, said exonuclease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence which is at least about 50% identical thereto, wherein said exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof (i) is substantially irreversibly inactivated by heating at a temperature of about 55° C. for 10 minutes in a buffer consisting of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5 at 25° C., 50 mM KCl and 5 mM MgCl2; (ii) is substantially specific for single stranded DNA; and (iii) has a 3?-5? exonuclease activity. The invention further provides a method of removing single stranded DNA from a sample, a method of nucleic acid amplification, a method of reverse transcription and a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis in which the exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: ArcticZymes AS, Universitetet I Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitet
    Inventors: Terese Solstad, Elisabeth Lill Andreassen, Marit Sjo Lorentzen, Olav Lanes, Morten Elde, Atle Noralf Larsen, Yvonne Piotrowski, Nils Peder Willassen
  • Patent number: 10087483
    Abstract: The invention provides an exonuclease or an enzymatically active fragment thereof, said exonuclease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 or an amino acid sequence which is at least about 50% identical thereto, wherein said exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof (i) is substantially irreversibly inactivated by heating at a temperature of about 55° C. for 10 minutes in a buffer consisting of 10 mM Tris-HCI, pH 8.5 at 25° C., 50 mM KCI and 5 mM MgCI2; (ii) is substantially specific for single stranded DNA; and (iii) has a 3?-5? exonuclease activity. The invention further provides a method of removing single stranded DNA from a sample, a method of nucleic acid amplification, a method of reverse transcription and a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis in which the exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: ARCTICZYMES AS, UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ—NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Terese Solstad, Elisabeth Lill Andreassen, Marit Sjo Lorentzen, Olav Lanes, Morten Elde, Atle Noralf Larsen, Yvonne Piotrowski, Nils Peder Willassen
  • Publication number: 20170233800
    Abstract: The invention provides an exonuclease or an enzymatically active fragment thereof, said exonuclease having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 or an amino acid sequence which is at least about 50% identical thereto, wherein said exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof (i) is substantially irreversibly inactivated by heating at a temperature of about 55° C. for 10 minutes in a buffer consisting of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5 at 25° C., 50 mM KCl and 5 mM MgCl2; (ii) is substantially specific for single stranded DNA; and (iii) has a 3?-5? exonuclease activity. The invention further provides a method of removing single stranded DNA from a sample, a method of nucleic acid amplification, a method of reverse transcription and a method of nucleic acid sequence analysis in which the exonuclease or enzymatically active fragment thereof is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: ArcticZymes AS, Universitetet I Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitet
    Inventors: Terese SOLSTAD, Elisabeth Lill ANDREASSEN, Marit Sjo LORENTZEN, Olav LANES, Morten ELDE, Atle Noralf LARSEN, Yvonne PIOTROWSKI, Nils Peder WILLASSEN