Patents by Inventor Erik Nielsen

Erik Nielsen 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: 20190194639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Rune Nygaard Monrad, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Anne Vindum Rue, Jens Erik Nielsen, Garry Paul Gippert
  • Publication number: 20190185790
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detergent compositions comprising xanthan lyase variants and methods for use of said compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: NINA MUSSMANN, SUSANNE WIELAND, DANIELA HERBST, LARS ANDERSON, JENS ERIK NIELSEN, ALLAN SVENDSEN, RUNE NYGAARD MONRAD, RAJENDRA KULOTHUNGAN SAINATHAN, GEETHA HIREMATH MENDEZ, SOHEL DALAL, SHILPI AGARWAL, KASPER D. RAND, PERNILLE F. JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20190185792
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a detergent composition comprising endoglucanase variants and methods for use of said compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: NINA MUSSMANN, SUSANNE WIELAND, DANIELA HERBST, LARS ANDERSON, JENS ERIK NIELSEN, ALLAN SVENDSEN, RUNE NYGAARD MONRAD, LARS GIGER, VASUDEVA P. RAO, SOHEL DALAL, SANTHOSH VASU MEPADAM, MARIE T. KRUSE, KASPER D. RAND, PERNILLE F. JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20190185841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xanthan lyase variants and methods for obtaining xanthan lyase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Lars Anderson, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Pernille F. Jensen, Kasper D. Rand, Geetha Hiremath Mendez, Sohel Dalal, Shilpi Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20190177664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising protease variants suitable for use in cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
  • Publication number: 20190153415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Novozyems A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jens Erik Nielsen, Mikkel Klausen
  • Patent number: 10260024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising protease variants suitable for use in cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
  • Patent number: 10119130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jens Erik Nielsen, Mikkel Klausen
  • Publication number: 20170335243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising protease variants suitable for use in cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
  • Publication number: 20170334586
    Abstract: There is provided a system for packaging objects on a conveyor using a hose-shaped stretch foil. More specifically, the invention provides a system, wherein the hose-shaped stretch foil can be wrapped around the objects in a horizontal manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Erik Nielsen HANSEN, Frank BRUHN
  • Publication number: 20170327808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jens Erik Nielsen, Mikkel Klausen
  • Patent number: 9701952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jens Erik Nielsen, Mikkel Klausen
  • Patent number: 9530873
    Abstract: A quantum computing device that includes a plurality of semiconductor adiabatic qubits is described herein. The qubits are programmed with local biases and coupling terms between qubits that represent a problem of interest. The qubits are initialized by way of a tuneable parameter, a local tunnel coupling within each qubit, such that the qubits remain in a ground energy state, and that initial state is represented by the qubits being in a superposition of |0> and |1> states. The parameter is altered over time adiabatically or such that relaxation mechanisms maintain a large fraction of ground state occupation through decreasing the tunnel coupling barrier within each qubit with the appropriate schedule. The final state when tunnel coupling is effectively zero represents the solution state to the problem represented in the |0> and |1> basis, which can be accurately read at each qubit location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Carroll, Wayne Witzel, Noah Tobias Jacobson, Anand Ganti, Andrew J. Landahl, Michael Lilly, Khoi Thi Nguyen, Nathaniel Bishop, Stephen M. Carr, Ezra Bussmann, Erik Nielsen, James Ewers Levy, Robin J. Blume-Kohout, Rajib Rahman
  • Publication number: 20160145595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and optionally on par or improved wash performance. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Maria Noman Hockauf, Lars Beier, Michael Bauer, Annette Heelle Johansen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Julie Bille Rannes
  • Publication number: 20160145596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and preferably on par or improved wash performance. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Pemille Ollendorff Micheelsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Maria Norman Hockauf, Lars Beier, Michael Bauer, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Julie Bille Rannes
  • Publication number: 20160137998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting increased stability and optionally on par or improved wash performance. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions. The present invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences encoding the variants, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for producing and using the variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Maria Norman Hockauf, Lars Beier, Michael Bauer, Annette Helle Johansen, Lars Lehmann Christensen, Julie Billie Rannes
  • Patent number: 9149965
    Abstract: A method for detecting an insert object in an injection-molded part pertains to an insert object that is fixedly connected to the injection-molded part during the injection molding by the insert object being placed in a cavity, which is surrounded by a mold wall of a mold, before the beginning of the injection-molding cycle. The mold wall includes at least one temperature or pressure sensor, which records and analyzes at least one measured value at at least one point in time during an injection-molding cycle. On the basis of the analysis, it is established whether an insert object was present at a specific location in the cavity during the injection-molding cycle. Finally, after it is ejected, the injection-molded part is sorted as an accepted part or a rejected part on the basis of the analysis of the measured value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KISTLER HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Erik Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20150210752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent albumin, the variants having altered plasma half-life compared with the parent albumin. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Cameron, Karen Ann Delahay, Jens Erik Nielsen, Andrew Plumridge, Jan Terje Andersen
  • Publication number: 20150050507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of joining a metal part 1 and a non-liquid polymer part 2. The first step of the method is to attach a primer 4 to a metal surface 3 of the metal part 1. The primer 4 is then polymerized so that the metal surface 3 is at least partly covered with surface immobilized polymer brushes 5. Then the metal surface 3 with the polymer brushes 5 is brought into contact with a polymer surface of the polymer part 2, so that an interface is obtained comprising the metal surface 3, the primer 4, the polymer brushes 5 and the polymer surface. Finally, the interface is heated by use of laser welding until the polymer brushes 5 and a part of the polymer part 2 melt or soften and mix to such an extent that the metal part 1 and the polymer part 2 remain joined after cooling. The welding may e.g. be performed so that so that welding seams are obtained along equidistant lines across the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicants: Aarhus Universitet, Force Technology
    Inventors: Mogens Hinge, Jens Klæstrup Kristensen, Kim Daasbjerg, Steen Uttrup Pedersen, Marianne Strange, Steen-Erik Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20140328816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaged probiotic composition which is useful for treating or preventing bacterial colonisation in wounds and tissue. A characteristic feature of the invention is that the probiotic composition contains a probiotic microorganism which is in direct contact with water during storage of the probiotic composition. The invention furthermore pertains to methods of using and producing the probiotic composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Brian Nielsen, Erik Nielsen, Helene Kähler Hjenner