Patents by Inventor Helena Maria Nan

Helena Maria Nan 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).

  • USE OF PEPTIDYLARGININE DEIMINASE TO OBTAIN IMPROVED FOOD
    Publication number: 20210120857
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for modifying sweetness, liquorice, astringency, powdery/chalk, fulness, thickness and/or digestibility and/or protease inhibitory activity of a protein comprising food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Monica Diana VLASIE, Helena Maria NAN, Arjen SEIN
  • MODIFIED RAPESEED PROTEIN ISOLATE
    Publication number: 20210084931
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a modified rapeseed protein isolate and to a process for making a modified rapeseed protein isolate with the aid of a peptidyl arginine deiminase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Monica Diana VLASIE, Helena Maria NAN, Arjen SEIN
  • Medicament and method for treating innate immune response diseases
    Patent number: 10413599
    Abstract: This invention relates to a medicament or a dietary supplement comprising the Aspergillus niger aspergilloglutamic peptidase that is capable of hydrolyzing plant food allergens, and more particularly, alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitors, thereby treating diseases due to an innate immune response in humans, and/or allowing to delay the onset of said diseases. The present invention relates to the discovery that the Aspergillus niger aspergilloglutamic peptidase is capable of hydrolyzing alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitors that are present in wheat and related cereals said inhibitors being strong inducers of innate immune response. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for hydrolyzing alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitors comprising incubating a composition for food consumption comprising alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitors with the Aspergillus niger aspergilloglutamic peptidase, wherein the inhibitors are hydrolyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Maaike Johanna Bruins, Luppo Edens, Helena Maria Nan
  • Use of aspergilloglutamic peptidase to improve animal performance
    Patent number: 9986751
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of the Aspergillus niger aspergilloglutamic peptidase in a feed composition containing cereals, pulses, oilseeds, and/or tubers to improve animal performance, reduce nitrogen excretion and/or reduce intestinal inflammation. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a feed composition or a feed additive comprising the Aspergillus niger aspergilloglutamic peptidase. The present invention relates to the discovery that the Aspergillus niger aspergilloglutamic peptidase is capable of efficiently hydrolyzing alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitors that are present in wheat, barley and related cereal species, as well as hydrolyzing trypsin inhibitors that are present in pulses, oilseeds, and tubers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: DSM IP ASSETS B.V., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Maaike Johanna Bruins, Luppo Edens, Helena Maria Nan
  • Oxido reductase enzyme system obtainable from P. chrysogenum, the set of genes encoding the same and the use of oxido reductase enzyme systems or genes encoding the same for increasing antibiotic production
    Patent number: 5753435
    Abstract: A new oxido reductase enzyme activity obtainable from P. chrysogenum, involved in the production of .beta.-lactams, the set of genes encoding said enzyme activity, and a method to enhance said production by using the above-mentioned oxido reductase system and other oxido reductase systems or genes encoding for the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Gist-Brocades
    Inventors: Yair Aharonowitz, Lucia Helena Maria Van Der Voort, Gerald Cohen, Reolof Ary Lans Bovenberg, Rachel Schreiber, Anat Argaman, Yossef Av-Gay, Helena Maria Nan, Alfred Kattevilder, Harriet Palissa, Henk Van Liempt
  • Oxido reductase enzyme system obtainable from P. chrysogenum, the set of genes encoding the same and the use of oxido reductase enzyme systems or genes encoding the same for increasing antibiotic production
    Patent number: 5652132
    Abstract: A new oxido reductase enzyme activity obtainable from P. chrysogenum, involved in the production of .beta.-lactams, the set of genes encoding said enzyme activity, and a method to enhance said production by using the above-mentioned oxido reductase system and other oxido reductase systems or genes encoding for the same have been disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Gist-Brocades, B.V.
    Inventors: Yair Aharonowitz, Lucia Helena Maria Van Der Voort, Gerald Cohen, Roelof Ary Lans Bovenberg, Rachel Schreiber, Anat Argaman, Yossef Av-Gay, Helena Maria Nan, Alfred Kattevilder, Harriet Pa Lissa, Henk Van Liempt