Patents by Inventor Frank Winther Rasmussen

Frank Winther Rasmussen 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).

  • PECTATE LYASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    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
  • Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10316308
    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: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    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
  • GH61 Polypeptide Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20190153414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to GH61 polypeptide 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: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Janine Lin, Doreen Bohan, Michelle Maranta, Leslie Beresford, Michael Lamsa, Matt Sweeney, Mark Wogulis, Elizabeth Znameroski, Frank Winther Rasmussen
  • XYLANASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20190106689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Steffen Danielsen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • GH61 polypeptide variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10227579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to GH61 polypeptide 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: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Janine Lin, Doreen Bohan, Michelle Maranta, Leslie Beresford, Michael Lamsa, Matt Sweeney, Mark Wogulis, Elizabeth Znameroski, Frank Winther Rasmussen
  • Xylanase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10208301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Steffen Danielsen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20190040376
    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: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Mikael Bauer
  • Alpha-amylase variants
    Patent number: 10167458
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: 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
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10150957
    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: December 11, 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, Mikael Bauer
  • Detergent composition comprising protease variants
    Patent number: 10072236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising protease variants and methods for obtaining such detergent compositions. The present invention also relates to the use of such detergent compositions, especially in laundry or in hard surface cleaning applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Juergen Carsten Franz Knoetzel, Mikael Bauer
  • Variants of a family 44 xyloglucanase
    Patent number: 10035998
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Werner Besenmatter, Esben Peter Friis, Keith Gibson, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet
  • Protease Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20180171319
    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: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: 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
  • GLUCOAMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180094252
    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: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • XYLANASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20180010110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Steffen Danielsen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Roland Alexander Pache
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLOETIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20170145400
    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: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Peter Kamp Hansen, Lars Lehman Hylling Christensen