Patents by Inventor Kirk Matthew Schnorr

Kirk Matthew Schnorr 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).

  • Publication number: 20170327808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jens Erik Nielsen, Mikkel Klausen
  • Publication number: 20170223986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Patent number: 9701952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jens Erik Nielsen, Mikkel Klausen
  • Publication number: 20170152462
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a detergent and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a deoxyribonuclease (DNase), wherein the DNase is obtained from a fungal source. It further concerns a laundering method and the use of DNase. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having DNase activity, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lillian Eva Tang BALTSEN, Klaus GORI, Marie ALLESEN-HOLM, Kirk Matthew SCHNORR
  • Patent number: 9663775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and 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 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Publication number: 20170044468
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of a polypeptide having DNase activity for preventing, reducing or removing a biofilm from an item, wherein the item is a hard surface, a composition comprising such polypeptide and a method for cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Klaus Gori, Lillian Eva Tang Baltsen, Marie Allesen-Holm, Allan Noergaard, Jan Lehmbeck, Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Publication number: 20160249669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for decolorizing a sugar solution obtained from sugar crops, wherein the solution is treated enzymatically with an oxidoreductase resulting in a decrease in color and/or turbidity of the solution. Also described are methods for decolorizing fruit juice solutions using oxidoreductases. Specifically, glucose oxidase, carbohydrate oxidases, glucose dehydrogenase, cellobiose dehydrogenase and glucooligosaccharide oxidase are described. At least action of glucose oxidase results in the formation of a coloured precipitate, which may be removed by filtration or centrifugation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Eduardo A. Borges da Silva, Miguel D.G.P. Toscano, Smitha Prabhakar
  • Publication number: 20160177282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Patent number: 9328456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the method for manufacturing textile, by treating textile with an isolated polypeptide having endoglucanase activity, especially in biostoning and bio-polishing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Weijian Lai, Lan Tang, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lars Anderson
  • Patent number: 9309504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Publication number: 20160046919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Patent number: 9187739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Publication number: 20150218542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Publication number: 20150197887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the method for manufacturing textile, by treating textile with an isolated polypeptide having endoglucanase activity, especially in biostoning and bio-polishing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Weijian Lai, Lan Tang, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lars Anderson
  • Publication number: 20150166971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulase activity. 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 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lars Anderson, Maria Lenor Quintais Cancela Da Fonseca, Ricardo Leite
  • Publication number: 20150152455
    Abstract: Provided are isolated polypeptides having Berberine Bridge Enzyme Like activity, catalytic domains, FAD binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or FAD binding domains. The nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or FAD binding domains are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Junxin Duan, Lars Kiemer, Hong Zhi Huang
  • Patent number: 9000138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulase activity. 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: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lars Anderson, Maria Leonor Quintais Cancela Da Fonseca, Ricardo Leite
  • Patent number: 8993299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Patent number: 8986969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Publication number: 20150024465
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-catalytic carbohydrate-binding modules (CBM) belonging to a new family of CBM's. A CBM of the invention was found attached to a glycosyl hydrolase family 61 (GH61) polypeptide and was shown to have little homology with known CBM's indicating that it is the first known member of a new family of CBM's. The present invention further relates to CBM's preferably exhibiting binding affinity for cellulose; to a method of producing such CBM's; and to methods for using such CBM's in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries, for purification of polypeptides, immobilisation of active enzymes, baking, manufacturing of biofuel, modification of plant cell walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen