Patents by Inventor Kimberly Brown

Kimberly Brown 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).

  • Polypeptides having feruloyl esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8609933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having feruloyl esterase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Doreen Bohan, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8609931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Brown, Paul Harris
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8575426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Suchindra Maiyuran, Kimberly Brown
  • Methods and compositions for degrading cellulosic material
    Patent number: 8518684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to enzyme compositions comprising a polypeptide having cellobiohydrolase II activity, a polypeptide having xylanase activity, and one or more cellulolytic proteins and their use in the degradation or conversion of cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Brown, Eric Abbate
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8455233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Suchindra Maiyuran, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20130052686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Michelle Maranta, Kimberly Brown, James Langston
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8377693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Suchindra Maiyuran, Paul Harris, Hanshu Ding, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having acetylxylan esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8338666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetylxylan esterase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michelle Maranta, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120309059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase 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: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Sarah Teter, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8323944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Suchindra Maiyuran, Kimberly Brown
  • Methods for Producing Polypeptidies in Protease-Deficient Mutants of Trichoderma
    Publication number: 20120288892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mutants of a parent Trichoderma strain, comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide and one or more (several) genes selected from the group consisting of a first subtilisin-like serine protease gene, a first aspartic protease gene, a trypsin-like serine protease gene, a second subtilisin-like serine protease gene, and a second aspartic pro-tease gene, wherein the one or more (several) genes are modified rendering the mutant strain deficient in the production of one or more (several) enzymes selected from the group consisting of a first subtilisin-like serine protease, a first aspartic protease, a trypsin-like serine protease, a second subtilisin-like serine protease, and a second aspartic protease, respectively, compared to the parent Trichoderma strain when cultivated under identical conditions. The present invention also relates to methods of producing a polypeptide in such mutants and methods for producing such mutants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Suchindra Maiyuran, Abigail Jang, Kimberly Brown, Sandra Merino, Jeffrey Shasky, Eric Abbate
  • Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120276640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Suchindra Maiyuran, Paul Harris, Hanshu Ding, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8298803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Michelle Maranta, Kimberly Brown, James Langston
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and nucleic acids encoding same
    Patent number: 8288140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Brown, Paul Harris, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Edward Re, Elena Vlasenko, Keith McFarland, Alfredo Lopez de Leon
  • Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20120260371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Kimberly Brown, Eric Abbate, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20120252068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Alfredo Lopez de Leon, Hanshu Ding, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8258370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase 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: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes, A/S
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Elena Vlasenko, Marcus Sakari Kauppinnen, Elizabeth Zaretsky, Sarah Teter, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8227667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Suchindra Maiyuran, Paul Harris, Hanshu Ding, Kimberly Brown
  • Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 8207400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo Lopez de Leon, Hanshu Ding, Kimberly Brown
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING CELLOBIOHYDROLASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20120156755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Suchindra Maiyuran, Paul Harris, Hanshu Ding, Kimberly Brown