Patents by Inventor Hendrik Hellmuth
Hendrik Hellmuth 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).
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Publication number: 20230399589Abstract: According to the invention, storage stability in terms of cellulolytic activity is to be improved in a liquid washing or cleaning agent which comprises a protease and cellulase. This is achieved by the use of a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which has the amino acid glutamic acid (E) or aspartic acid (D) or the amino acid asparagine (N) or glutamine (Q) or the amino acid alanine (A) or glycine (G) or serine (S) at position 99 in the count according to SEQ ID NO. 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Susanne Wieland, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Timothy O'Connell, Hendrik Hellmuth
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Publication number: 20230365898Abstract: According to the invention, storage stability in terms of amylolytic activity is to be improved in a liquid washing or cleaning agent which comprises a protease and amylase. This is achieved by the use of a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which has the amino acid glutamic acid (E) or aspartic acid (D) or the amino acid asparagine (N) or glutamine (Q) or the amino acid alanine (A) or glycine (G) or serine (S) at position 99 in the count according to SEQ ID NO. 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Susanne Wieland, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Timothy O'Connell, Hendrik Hellmuth
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Patent number: 11597894Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230046249Abstract: The present invention is related to variants of fungal serine protease enzyme, which have serine protease activity of Malbranchea protease. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acid molecules, comprising polynucleotide sequences which encode variants of fungal serine protease enzyme, nucleic acid sequences encoding said protease variants, a host cell and a process of producing polypeptides having serine protease activity. Said protease variants are useful as enzyme preparations applicable in detergent compositions and for treating fibers, wool, hair, leather, or silk, for treating food or feed, or for any applications involving modification, degradation or removal of proteinaceous material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Kari Juntunen, Marja Paloheimo, Leena Valtakari
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Publication number: 20220251529Abstract: A variant of mannanase is disclosed having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1 and a substitution of an amino acid in position 256. An enzyme composition, detergent composition, host cell, animal feed, and feed supplement comprising the present variant are disclosed, as well as methods and uses involving the present variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Kari JUNTUNEN, Leena VALTAKARI, Susanna MÄKINEN, Merja OJA, Hendrik HELLMUTH, Pentti OJAPALO, Kim LANGFELDER, Terhi PURANEN
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Publication number: 20220002697Abstract: The invention relates to novel variants of fungal endoglucanases. The invention further relates to enzyme preparations and detergent compositions comprising the variant as well as to processes for treating cellulosic material with the variant. The variants have depilling, antipilling and/or antigreying performance, and improved stability in the presence of proteases.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Kari JUNTUNEN, Leena VALTAKARI, Susanna MÄKINEN, Marika ALAPURANEN, Hendrik HELLMUTH, Maike ANDERS, Marc MENNICKEN, Ulrich SCHWANEBERG, David SCHÖNAUER, Pentti OJAPALO, Terhi PURANEN
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Patent number: 11104867Abstract: In a dishwashing liquid, the cleaning performance, in particular on bleachable stains such as, for example, tea stains, is to be improved. This succeeds using a dishwashing liquid which comprises a hydrogen peroxide source, a bleaching catalyst and a protease that, in native electrophoresis on a polyacrylamide gel, has a migration distance that is longer than the migration distance of the protease as per SEQ ID NO. 1.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBHInventors: Nina Mussmann, Thomas Eiting, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Konstantin Benda, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber
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Publication number: 20210207063Abstract: Proteases that comprise an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1 over its entire length and that comprise, in the count in accordance with SEQ ID NO. 1, the amino acid substitution R99D or R99E in combination with the further amino acid substitutions of S3T, V4I, and V199I, display very good cleaning performance in particular on blood-containing stains, as well as very good temperature stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Marion Merkel, Brian Laufs, Susanne Wieland, Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Thomas Weber
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Patent number: 10988710Abstract: Surfactants of the general formula (I) in which R1 is a linear or branched akyl radical having 6 to 20, especially 10 to 16 C atoms, R2 and R3 independently of one another are H or H3CO, and M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or a moiety N+R4R5R6, in which R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another are hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 C atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 6 C atoms, are readily incorporated into laundry detergents or cleaning products, possess outstanding performance qualities and can be prepared on the basis of renewable raw materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbHInventors: Christian Kropf, Alexander Schulz, Hendrik Hellmuth, Roberto Rinaldi, Hebert Jesus Estevez Rivera
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Patent number: 10988709Abstract: Surfactants of general formula (I), in which R1 denotes a linear or branched alkyl residue having 6 to 20, and in particular 8 to 14 carbon atoms, R2 denotes H or CH3, and M denotes hydrogen, an alkali metal or an N+R3R4R5 grouping, in which R3, R4 and R5, independently of one another, denote hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atom, can be easily incorporated into washing or cleaning agents, have outstanding application-related properties, and can be produced based on renewable resources.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbHInventors: Christian Kropf, Alexander Schulz, Hendrik Hellmuth, Roberto Rinaldi, Hebert Jesus Estevez Rivera
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Patent number: 10975335Abstract: Proteases that comprise an amino acid sequence that is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1 over its entire length and that comprise, in the count in accordance with SEQ ID NO. 1, the amino acid substitution R99D in combination with at least two further amino acid substitutions that are selected from the group consisting of S3T, V4I, and V199I, display very good cleaning performance in particular on blood-containing stains, as well as very good temperature stability.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Marion Merkel, Brian Laufs, Susanne Wieland, Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Thomas Weber
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Publication number: 20200347323Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: 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
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Patent number: 10760036Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: 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
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Patent number: 10760035Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the primary detergent power of detergents and cleaning products, in particular with respect to soiling containing oil and/or grease. For this purpose, copolymers including ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived sulfobetaine units and hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylic acid esters are incorporated into the products.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Benoit Luneau, Nicole Bode, Alexander Schulz, Andreas Buhl, Yvonne Willemsen, Andre Laschewsky, Erik Wischerhoff, Michael Paech
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Patent number: 10570383Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellulase activity, in particular to variants derived from the 20K-cellulase enzyme. The invention discloses a number of amino acid residue positions important for the properties of the cellulase enzyme and thereby for the stability and/or performance thereof. The novel variants have improved stability compared to the parental cellulase. In particular, the novel variants have good performance in an antigreying application and excellent stability in the presence of a protease in several detergent compositions even in long-term experiments.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: AB Enzymes OyInventors: Kari Juntunen, Leena Valtakari, Susanna Mäkinen, Marika Alapuranen, Hendrik Hellmuth, Pentti Ojapalo, Marc Mennicken, Ulrich Schwaneberg, David Schönauer, Terhi Puranen
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Publication number: 20200024551Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the method for washing textiles by improving the primary detergent power of detergents and cleaning products, in particular with respect to soiling containing oil and/or grease. For this purpose, polymers having N,N-diallylamine-derived sulfobetaine units are incorporated into the products.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Benoit Luneau, Nicole Bode, Alexander Schulz, Andreas Buhl, Sylvia Aust, Yvonne Willemsen, Andre Laschewsky, Erik Wischerhoff, Michael Paech
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Patent number: 10457928Abstract: The disclosure relates to proteases, the amino acid sequence of which has been modified in particular with regard to the use thereof in detergents and cleaning agents, all sufficiently similar proteases having a corresponding modification and nucleic acids coding for them. The disclosure further relates to methods and uses of said proteases and to agents containing them, in particular detergents and cleaning agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Brian Laufs, Ayhan Aydemir, Claudia Lindner
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Publication number: 20190194634Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellulase activity, in particular to variants derived from the 20K-cellulase enzyme. The invention discloses a number of amino acid residue positions important for the properties of the cellulase enzyme and thereby for the stability and/or performance thereof. The novel variants have improved stability compared to the parental cellulase. In particular, the novel variants have good performance in an antigreying application and excellent stability in the presence of a protease in several detergent compositions even in long-term experiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Kari Juntunen, Leena Valtakari, Susanna Mäkinen, Marika Alapuranen, Hendrik Hellmuth, Pentti Ojapalo, Marc Mennicken, Ulrich Schwaneberg, David Schönauer, Terhi Puranen
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Patent number: 10316276Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the primary detergent power of detergents and cleaning products, in particular with respect to soiling containing oil and/or grease. For this purpose, polymers comprising N-vinyl imidazole-derived betaine units are incorporated into the products.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Faunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Benoit Luneau, Nicole Bode, Alexander Schulz, Andreas Buhl, Yvonne Willemsen, Andre Laschewsky, Erik Wischerhoff, Michael Paech
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Publication number: 20180362891Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of enzyme technology, in particular the optimization of surfactant-enzyme mixtures, as used, for example, in washing or cleaning agents. The invention relates to an agent, in particular a washing or cleaning agent, which contains at least one enzyme and a special surfactant mixture. The present invention further relates to a method for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces and to the use of the agent according to the invention for removing stains.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Michael Dreja, Hendrik Hellmuth, Alexander Schulz