Patents by Inventor Jorn Borch Soe
Jorn Borch Soe 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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Patent number: 8440435Abstract: The present application provides a method of reducing and/or removing diglyceride from an edible oil, comprising admixing an edible oil with an acyl acceptor substrate and a diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase, wherein the diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase is characterized as an enzyme which in an edible oil is capable of transferring an acyl group from a diglyceride to glycerol. The diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase can comprise the amino acid sequence motif GDSX. The present invention also relates to the use of a diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase in the manufacture of an edible oil, for reducing and/or removing diglyceride from said edible oil and to the use of said enzyme in the manufacture of a foodstuff comprising an edible oil for improving the crystallization properties of said foodstuff.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApSInventors: Paul Wassell, Jørn Borch Søe, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Anna Cecilie Jentoft Kristensen
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Publication number: 20130085287Abstract: In one aspect the present invention provides a process for treating oil-containing seeds, comprising a step of contacting the seeds with an enzyme which is capable of hydrolysing chlorophyll or a chlorophyll derivative. Also provided are a method for obtaining oil from plant seeds and a process for producing a refined plant oil comprising such a treatment. Further provided are crude and refined plant oils obtainable from the processes and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Rene Mikkelsen, Tina Lilian Jorgensen, Jorn Borch Soe
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Publication number: 20130059036Abstract: In one aspect, provided herein is a process for refining a plant oil, comprising a step of contacting the oil with an enzyme which is capable of hydrolysing chlorophyll or a chlorophyll derivative, wherein the enzyme is contacted with the oil in the presence of at least 0.1% by weight phospholipid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Rene Mikkelsen, Tina Jørgensen, Jørn Borch Søe
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Publication number: 20130052178Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing cholesterol absorption in an animal comprising administering to the animal a composition comprising an effective amount of at least one cholesterol ester.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApSInventors: Maria Jadwiga Bauerek, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Jørn Borch Søe, Bent Raungaard, Leif Schauser
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Publication number: 20130040328Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting a phytol-free chlorophyll derivative in a sample, comprising a step of detecting a fluorescent signal associated with the phytol-free chlorophyll derivative, wherein a fluorescent signal associated with chlorophyll or a phytol-containing chlorophyll derivative in the sample is quenched. The method may be used for quantifying activity of chlorophyllases and related enzymes in a sample without solvent fractionation of substrate and product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Rene Mikkelsen, Tina Jorgensen, Jorn Borch Soe
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Publication number: 20130034627Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a variant lipid acyltransferase enzyme by expressing a nucleotide sequence encoding a lipid acyltransferase which may comprise at least one modification at a position(s) which corresponds in the encoded amino acid sequence to an amino acid(s) located in a) the canyon region of the enzyme (i.e. preferably amino acid residues 31, 27, 85, 86, 119, and 120); and/or b) insertion site 1 (i.e. amino acid residues 22-36) and/or c) insertion site 2 (i.e. amino acid residues 74-88), wherein the canyon region, insertion site 1 and/or insertion site 2 are defined as that region which when aligned based on primary or tertiary structure corresponds to the canyon region, insertion site 1 or insertion site 2 (or the corresponding amino acid residues taught above) of the enzyme shown herein as SEQ ID No. 16 or 6 in a host organism.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Janne Brunstedt, Jens Frisbæk Sorensen, Jørn Borch Søe, Charlotte Johansen Vedel, Birgitte Ø. Wittschieben, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Lene B. Jensen, Lone B. Miller, Morten K. Larsen, Rikke H. Lorentzen, Charlotte R. Thoudahl, Marguerite A. Cervin, Richard R. Bott
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Patent number: 8278062Abstract: A method of producing one or more of a carbohydrate ester, a protein ester, a protein subunit ester or a hydroxyl acid ester, which method comprises admixing an acyl donor, an acyl acceptor and water to produce a high water environment comprising 5-98% water, wherein said acyl donor is a lipid substrate selected from one or more of the group consisting of a phospholipid, a lysophospholipid, a triacylglyceride, a diglyceride, a glycolipid or a lysoglycolipid and said acyl acceptor is selected from one ore more of the group consisting of a carbohydrate, a protein, a protein subunit, or a hydroxyl acid; and contacting the admixture with a lipid acyltransferase, such that said lipid acyl transferase catalyses one or both of the following reactions: alcoholysis or transesterification.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApSInventors: Arno De Kreij, Susan Mampusti Madrid, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Jørn Borch Søe
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Publication number: 20120244252Abstract: There is provided a process for the prevention and/or reduction of acrylamide formation and/or acrylamide precursor formation in a foodstuff containing (i) a protein, a peptide or an amino acid and (ii) a reducing sugar, the process comprising contacting the foodstuff with an enzyme capable of oxidising a reducing group of the sugar.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
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Publication number: 20120231116Abstract: A method of producing powder milk, said method comprising: (a) contacting milk or a fraction thereof with a lipid acyltransferase enzyme; and (b) drying the enzyme treated milk to produce powder milk; is disclosed. Powder milk products produced by the method and use of a lipid acyltransferase in the manufacture of powder milk for improving the rehydration properties, the perceptible sensory difference (smell and/or taste) and the flowability of the powder milk, and for reducing the cholesterol content and/or the free fatty acid content of the powder milk, and for reducing fouling of the equipment used in the manufacture of the powder milk, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: DANISCO A/SInventors: Niels Erik Larsen, Jørn Borch Søe
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Publication number: 20120201928Abstract: A method of improving the rheological properties of a flour dough and the quality of the finished product made from such a dough, comprising adding an effective amount of an oxido-reductase capable of oxidizing maltose, in particular a hexose oxidase, e.g. isolated from an algal species such as Iridophycus flaccidum, Chondrus crispus or Euthora cristata and a dough improving composition comprising the oxidoreductase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Danisco A/SInventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Pernille Bak Høstrup
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Publication number: 20120149927Abstract: The present invention provides methods and uses for treating pyropheophytin-containing compositions, particularly in order to remove pyropheophytin therefrom. The compositions are typically plant, algal, or bacterial derived products such as vegetable oils. The method comprises a step of contacting the compositions with an enzyme having pyropheophytinase activity. Also provided are related apparatus and products for performing such methods and uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Danisco A/SInventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Masoud Rajabi Zargahi, Jens Frisbæ Sørensen, Tina Jørgensen, Janne Brunstedt, Rene Mikkelsen, Susan Mampusti
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Publication number: 20120142644Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a phytosterol ester and/or a phytostanol ester comprising: a) admixing a phospholipid composition comprising at least between about 10% to about 70% plant phospholipid and at least about 5% water; a lipid acyltransferase; and a phytosterol and/or a phytostanol; and b) separating or isolating or purifying at least one phytosterol ester and/or phytostanol ester from said admixture. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising the phytosterol ester and/or phytostanol ester produced by this method, including foodstuffs and personal care product (cosmetic) compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Tina Lillan Jørgensen
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Patent number: 8192782Abstract: A process of enzymatic degumming edible oils, comprising treating edible oil with a lipid acyltransferase so as to transfer an acyl group from a major part of the phospholipid to one or more acyl acceptors, wherein the acyl acceptor may be any compound comprising a hydroxyl group. In one embodiment preferably the acyl acceptor is water and in another embodiment preferably the acyl acceptor is one or more sterols and/or stanols. When the acyl acceptor is a stanol and/or sterol, one or more sterol esters and/or stanol esters are produced.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Danisco A/SInventors: Jorn Borch Søe, Mark Turner
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Patent number: 8163315Abstract: There is provided use of a conversion agent to prepare from a food material a foodstuff comprising at least one functional ingredient, wherein the at least one functional ingredient has been generated from at least one constituent of the food material by the conversion agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Danisco A/SInventor: Jørn Borch Søe
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Patent number: 8163317Abstract: There is provided a process for the prevention and/or reduction of Maillard reaction in a foodstuff containing (i) a protein, a peptide or an amino acid and (ii) a reducing sugar, the process comprising contacting the foodstuff with an enzyme capable of oxidising a reducing group of the sugar.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Danisco A/SInventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Lars Wexøe Petersen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Thomas Rand, Dana L. Boll
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Publication number: 20120064192Abstract: A process of enzymatic degumming edible oils, comprising treating edible oil with a lipid acyltransferase so as to transfer an acyl group from a major part of the phospholipid to one or more acyl acceptors, wherein the acyl acceptor may be any compound comprising a hydroxyl group. In one embodiment preferably the acyl acceptor is water and in another embodiment preferably the acyl acceptor is one or more sterols and/or stanols. When the acyl acceptor is a stanol and/or sterol, one or more sterol esters and/or stanol esters are produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Jorn Borch Søe, Mark Turner
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Publication number: 20110256264Abstract: There is provided use of a conversion agent to prepare from a food material a foodstuff comprising at least one functional ingredient, wherein the at least one functional ingredient has been generated from at least one constituent of the food material by the conversion agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Jørn Borch SØE
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Patent number: 8030044Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a variant lipid acyltransferase enzyme by selecting a parent enzyme which is a lipid acyltransferase enzyme having the amino acid sequence motif GDSX, modifying one or more amino acids to produce a variant lipid acyltransferase, testing the variant lipid acyltransferase for activity on a galactolipid substrate, a phospholipid substrate and/or a triglyceride substrate, selecting a variant enzyme with an enhanced activity towards galactolipids compared with the parent enzyme, and/or preparing a quantity of the variant enzyme. In some embodiments, the variant lipid acyltransferase enzyme may include the amino acid sequence motif GDSX, wherein X is one or more of the following amino acid residues L, A, V, I, F, Y, X, Q, T N, M or S, and wherein the variant enzyme has one or more amino acid modifications compared with a parent sequence.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Danisco A/SInventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelson, Arno de Kreij
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Patent number: RE43135Abstract: A method of preparing a flour dough, said method comprising adding to the dough components an enzyme that under dough conditions is capable of hydrolysing a glycolipid and a phospholipid, wherein said enzyme is incapable, or substantially incapable, of hydrolysing a triglyceride and/or a 1-monoglyceride, or a composition comprising said enzyme, and mixing the dough components to obtain the dough.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Danisco A/SInventors: Kirsten Bojsen, Charlotte Horsman Poulsen, Jorn Borch Soe
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Patent number: RE43341Abstract: A method of improving the rheological and/or machineability properties of a flour dough and/or the quality of the product made from the dough, comprising adding to the dough a combination comprising a Hox and an emulsifying agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Danisco A/SInventors: Torkil Steenholt Olsen, Inge Lise Povlsen, Jorn Borch Soe, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Pernille Bak Hostrup