Patents by Inventor Jesper Vind

Jesper Vind 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).

  • Lipolytic Enzyme Variants
    Publication number: 20080131951
    Abstract: The substrate specificity of a lipolytic enzyme can be modified by making alterations to the amino acid sequence in a defined region of the lipolytic enzyme, so as to increase the level of a desired activity or to decrease the level of an undesired activity. Thus, the inventors have developed lipolytic enzyme variants with a modified amino acid sequence with a substrate specificity which can be tailored for specific uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirsten Bojsen, Allan Svendsen, Claus Crone Fuglsang, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Kim Borch, Jesper Vind, Andreas Petri, Sanne O. Schroder Glad, Gitte Budolfsen
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Patent number: 7354753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Lipolytic enzyme variants
    Patent number: 7312062
    Abstract: The substrate specificity of a lipolytic enzyme can be modified by making alterations to the amino acid sequence in a defined region of the lipolytic enzyme, so as to increase the level of a desired activity or to decrease the level of an undesired activity. Thus, the inventors have developed lipolytic enzyme variants with a modified amino acid sequence with a substrate specificity which can be tailored for specific uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirsten Bojsen, Allan Svendsen, Claus Crone Fuglsang, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Kim Borch, Jesper Vind, Andreas Petri, Sanne O. Schrøder Glad, Gitte Budolfsen
  • Fungal Alpha-Amylase Variants
    Publication number: 20070264700
    Abstract: The inventors have developed a method of altering the amino acid sequence of a fungal alpha-amylase to obtain variants, and they have used the method to construct such variants. The variants may be useful for anti-staling in baked products. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of constructing fungal alpha-amylase variants based on a comparison of three-dimensional (3D) structures of the fungal alpha-amylase and a maltogenic alpha-amylase. One or both models includes a substrate. The invention also provides novel fungal alpha-amylase variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Lars Beier, Jesper Vind, Tina Spendler, Morten Jensen
  • Chemically modified lipolytic enzyme
    Patent number: 7282233
    Abstract: Lipolytic enzymes are chemically modified by covalently linking one or more (particularly 1-3) hydrophobic groups to the enzyme molecule. The chemical modification improves the performance of the lipolytic enzyme, e.g., in baking or in detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Honger Callisen, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind
  • Lipolytic enzyme genes
    Patent number: 7271139
    Abstract: The inventors have isolated novel lipolytic enzyme genes with a high homology to the T. lanuginosus lipase gene and thus well suited for use in gene shuffling. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of generating genetic diversity into lipolytic enzymes by family shuffling of two or more homologous genes which encode lipolytic enzymes. The DNA shuffling technique is used to create a library of shuffled genes, and this is expressed in a suitable expression system and the expressed proteins are screened for lipolytic enzyme activity. The invention also provides a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a lipolytic enzyme and a lipolytic enzyme (a polypeptide with lipolytic enzyme activity).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Noriko Tsutsumi, Jesper Vind, Shamkant Anant Patkar
  • Detergent compositions
    Publication number: 20070191248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a detergent ingredient and a specific lipase variant with reduced potential for odor generation and a good relative performance versus the parent lipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Philip Souter, John Burdis, Kim Borch, Allan Svendsen, Mikael Mikkelsen, Jesper Vind, Neil Lant
  • Detergent compositions
    Publication number: 20070179074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a detergent ingredient and a lipase variant with reduced potential for odor generation obtained by introducing mutations in one or more regions identified in a parent lipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Philip Souter, John Burdis, Allan Svendsen, Thomas Callisen, Jesper Vind, Debbie Yaver, Jurgen Knotzel, Kim Borch, Mads Bjornvad, Peter Hansen, Michael Lamsa
  • Lipase variants
    Publication number: 20070161082
    Abstract: Attaching a peptide extension to the C-terminal amino acid of a lipase reduces the tendency to form odor. This may lead to lipase variants with a reduced odor generation when washing textile soiled with fat which includes relatively short-chain fatty acyl groups (e.g., up to C8) such as dairy stains containing butter fat or tropical oils such as coconut oil or palm kernel oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Signe Munk, Jesper Vind, Kim Borch, Shamkant Patkar, Sanne Glad, Allan Svendsen
  • Polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20070061923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Dorotea Segura, Hans-Henrik Hoegenhaug, Per Mygind, Olivier Taboureau
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Publication number: 20070031928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Hendriksen, Torben Frandsen
  • Lipolytic enzyme variant
    Patent number: 7172997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipolytic enzyme variants with improved thermostability are obtained by substituting certain specified amino acid residues in a fungal lipolytic enzyme. The thermostable lipolytic enzyme variants are useful, e.g., for controlling pitch troubles in a process for the production of mechanical pulp or a paper-making process using mechanical pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Stefan Minning, Jesper Vind, Sanne O. Schroder Glad, Steffen Danielsen, Kim Borch
  • Lipolytic enzyme genes
    Publication number: 20070010418
    Abstract: The inventors have isolated novel lipolytic enzyme genes with a high homology to the T. lanuginosus lipase gene and thus well suited for use in gene shuffling. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of generating genetic diversity into lipolytic enzymes by family shuffling of two or more homologous genes which encode lipolytic enzymes. The DNA shuffling technique is used to create a library of shuffled genes, and this is expressed in a suitable expression system and the expressed proteins are screened for lipolytic enzyme activity. The invention also provides a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a lipolytic enzyme and a lipolytic enzyme (a polypeptide with lipolytic enzyme activity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Noriko Tsutsumi, Jesper Vind, Shamkant Anant
  • Lipolytic enzymes
    Patent number: 7157262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified enzyme with lipolytic activity, a lipolytic enzyme capable of removing a substantial amount of fatty matter during a one cycle wash, a DNA sequence encoding said enzymes, a vector comprising said DNA sequence, a host cell harbouring said DNA sequence or said vector, and a process for producing said enzymes with lipolytic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Claus Crone Fuglsang, Jens Sigurd Okkels, Dorte Aaby Petersen, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Marianne Thellersen, Allan Svendsen, Kim Borch, John C. Royer, Titus Kretzschmar, Torben Halkier, Jesper Vind, Steen Troels Jorgensen
  • Lipase variants
    Patent number: 7157263
    Abstract: Attaching a peptide extension to the C-terminal amino acid of a lipase re-duces the tendency to form odor. This may lead to lipase variants with a reduced odor generation when washing textile soiled with fat which includes relatively short-chain fatty acyl groups (e.g. up to C8) such as dairy stains containing butter fat or tropical oils such as coconut oil or palm kernel oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Signe Munk, Jesper Vind, Kim Borch, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Sanne O. Schroder Glad, Allan Svendsen
  • Phospholipase variants
    Publication number: 20060251763
    Abstract: The inventors have used protein engineering to develop variants of fungal phospholipases. Starting from a parent phospholipase, they have modified the amino acid sequence to arrive at variants which have phospholipase activity (generally, at roughly the same level as the parent enzyme) and have a lower lipase activity on triglycerides than the parent enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Shamkant Patkar, Don Higgins, Tine Fatum, Jesper Vind, Sabry Madkor, Thomas Sorensen
  • Human heavy chain antibody expression in flamentous fungi
    Publication number: 20060234340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a functional human immunoglobulin, wherein a human heavy chain immunoglobulin, devoid of any light chain, is expressed, comprising the steps of: a) transforming a filamentous host cell with a recombinant construct encoding a modified human heavy chain immunoglobulin, wherein the modifications comprise one or more mutations in the region of the heavy chain protein involved in contact with the light chain; b) culturing said filamentous host cell under conditions promoting expression of said modified human heavy chain immunoglobulin; and c) recovering said modified human heavy chain immunoglobulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Jesper Vind
  • Glucoamylase variants
    Patent number: 7122365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Novozymes Als
    Inventors: Bjarne Roenfeldt Nielsen, Allan Svendsen, Henrik Pedersen, Jesper Vind, Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Torben Peter Frandsen
  • Variant lipolytic ensymes
    Publication number: 20060228446
    Abstract: The inventors have developed improved polypeptides by substituting or deleting specified amino acids in fungal lipolytic enzymes. More particularly, the polypeptides result in a reduction of dough stickiness when they are added to a dough. The polypeptides may particularly have activity on polar lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Luise Erlandsen, Jesper Vind, Allan Svendsen, Christel Jorgensen
  • Lipolytic enzyme variant
    Publication number: 20060229223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipolytic enzyme variants with improved thermostability are obtained by substituting certain specified amino acid residues in a fungal lipolytic enzyme. The thermostable lipolytic enzyme variants are useful, e.g., for controlling pitch troubles in a process for the production of mechanical pulp or a paper-making process using mechanical pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Stefan Minning, Jesper Vind, Sanne Glad, Steffen Danielsen, Kim Borch