Patents by Inventor Kim B. Pedersen

Kim B. Pedersen 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).

  • Protease from Dendryphiella arenaria DSM 6260 or Dendryphiella salina DSM 6332, process for making it and use as detergent additive
    Patent number: 5472865
    Abstract: A protease obtainable from Dendryphiella arenaria DSM 6260 or Dendryphiella salina DSM 6332 is disclosed. The protease has a pl of approximately 9.1 as determined by isoelectric focusing, a molecular weight of approximately 18-20 kD as determined by SDS-PAGE, is active towards haemoglobin, casein, skimmed milk, and Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNA and has immunochemical properties identical to those of a protease obtained from Dendryphiella arenaria DSM 6260 or Dendryphiella salina DSM 6332. A process for its production, use in a detergent composition and as a detergent additive are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Kim B. Pedersen, Margrethe Christiansen, Poul Lindegaard