Patents by Inventor Esben Peter Friis

Esben Peter Friis 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).

  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9926550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer
  • ALBUMIN VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20180072792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent albumin having altered plasma half-life compared with the parent albumin. The present invention also relates to fusion polypeptides and conjugates comprising said variant albumin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Darrell Sleep, Andrew Plumridge, Jason Cameron, Inger Sandlie, Jan Terje Andersen, Esben Peter Friis
  • Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9879241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase. 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 glucoamylase variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Esben Peter Friis, Thomas Agsersten Poulsen, Michael Skjøt, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Steen Krogsgaard, Joyce Craig, Guillermo Coward-Kelly, Keiichi Ayabe
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING SUBTILASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20170349861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detergent compositions comprising subtilase variants exhibiting improved stability and/or improved wash performance in liquid detergent and methods for obtaining such detergent compositions. The variants 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Astrid Munch, Mikael Bauer, Bena-Marie Lue
  • PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20170349890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank W. Rasmussen, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Lars L.H. Christensen, Esben Peter Friis
  • GLUCOAMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20170342393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. 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 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Leonardo De Maria, Jesper Vind, Thomas A. Poulsen, Allan Svendsen, Steffen Danielsen, Rolf T. Lenhard, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Lars K. Skov
  • STABILIZED ENZYME COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20170342349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining protease variants with improved properties. The present invention also relates to protease variants, compositions comprising the protease variants and methods of using the protease variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Toscano, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Esben Peter Friis, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Frank Winther Rasmussen
  • PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20170342396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jens Nielsen, Pernille Hede, Esben Peter Friis
  • LIQUID CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PROTEASE VARIANTS
    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
  • Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9765318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Leonardo De Maria, Jesper Vind, Thomas A. Poulsen, Allan Svendsen, Steffen Danielsen, Rolf T. Lenhard, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Lars K. Skov
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9719077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer
  • Enzyme Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20170175098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to enzyme variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; methods of using the variants and composition comprising variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Poul Erik Pedersen, Jon Martin Persson, Esben Peter Friis, Simon Glanville
  • Cleaning compositions comprising amylase variant reference to a sequence listing
    Patent number: 9670436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase and methods of treating surfaces such as textiles with aqueous liquor comprising such compositions, especially at low temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle Jackson, Philip Frank Souter, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Svend Kaasgaard, Jens Oebro, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Michael Skjoet, Carsten Andersen, Lars Beier, Esben Peter Friis, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Liv Spaangner Christiansen
  • RESOLUBILIZATION OF PROTEIN CRYSTALS AT LOW PH
    Publication number: 20170114091
    Abstract: A method for purifying a protein product prepared in a fermentation process where the protein of interest is present in solid, crystalline or amorphous form in the fermentation container is disclosed, where the pH of the fermentation broth is adjusted to a low pH whereby the protein of interest dissolves and can be efficiently separated from insoluble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Poul Erik Pedersen, Jon Martin Persson, Esben Peter Friis
  • ALBUMIN VARIANTS AND CONJUGATES
    Publication number: 20170081389
    Abstract: Based on the three-dimensional structure of albumin, the inventors have designed variant polypeptides (muteins) which have one or more cysteine residues with a free thiol group (hereinafter referred to as “thio-albumin”). The variant polypeptide may be conjugated through the sulphur atom of the cysteine residue to a conjugation partner such as a bioactive compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher John Arthur Finnis, Joanna Mary Hay, Esben Peter Friis, Jason Cameron, Darrell Sleep
  • GLUCOAMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20170073655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. 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: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Leonardo De Maria, Jesper Vind, Thomas A. Poulsen, Allan Svendsen, Steffen Danielsen, Rolf T. Lenhard, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Lars K. Skov
  • Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9540624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Leonardo De Maria, Jesper Vind, Thomas A. Poulsen, Allan Svendsen, Steffen Danielsen, Rolf T. Lenhard, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Lars K. Skov
  • Variants of a Family 44 Xyloglucanase
    Publication number: 20160333330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent xyloglucanase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variant xyloglucanases and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Werner Besenmatter, Esben Peter Friis, Keith Gibson, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet
  • Albumin variants and conjugates
    Patent number: 9493545
    Abstract: Based on the three-dimensional structure of albumin, the inventors have designed variant polypeptides (muteins) which have one or more cysteine residues with a free thiol group (hereinafter referred to as “thio-albumin”). The variant polypeptide may be conjugated through the sulphur atom of the cysteine residue to a conjugation partner such as a bioactive compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Albumedix A/S
    Inventors: Christopher John Arthur Finnis, Joanna Mary Hay, Esben Peter Friis, Darrell Sleep
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20160326506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. 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: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Svend Kaasgaard, Jens Oebro, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Michael Skjoet, Carsten Andersen, Lars Beier, Esben Peter Friis, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Liv Spaanger Christiansen