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).

  • Polypeptides of botryosphaeria rhodina
    Patent number: 8143047
    Abstract: The invention relates to functional polypeptides secreted from Botryospaeria rhodina CBS 274.96.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes Als
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lene Lange, Pernille Uldall Bolvig
  • FAMILY GH 61 POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20120009300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Sara Landvik, Tina Spendler, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING TYROSINASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20110311693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having tyrosinase 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: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicants: Chr. Hansen A/S, Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jeppe Wegener Tams
  • POLYPEPTIDES HAVING TYROSINASE ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20110217414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having tyrosinase 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, activating and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jeppe Wegener Tams, Christel Thea Joergensen
  • Antimicrobial polypeptides from
    Patent number: 7972814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having antimicrobial 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: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Mogens Trier Hansen, Per Holse Mygind, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Hans-Henrik Hogenhaug Kristensen
  • Triggered Release System
    Publication number: 20110028372
    Abstract: The combination of an enzyme substrate and an enzyme capable of accelerating the modification of said substrate, provides a triggered release system which works especially well. The use of the enzyme-triggered release system can retain a rinse benefit agent during the wash stage and release it during the subsequent rinse stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Flemming Borup, Thomas Hoenger Callisen, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ole Simonsen, Christian Wieth, Judith Maria Bonsall, Andrew Paul Chapple, Anthony Hackett, Christopher Clarkson Jones, David Richard Arthur Mealing, Rajesh Amrit Salkar
  • Fungal Peroxygenases and Methods of Application
    Publication number: 20100279366
    Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides having peroxygenase activity and compositions comprising such polypeptides, their encoding polynucleotides, expression vectors and recombinant host cells comprising such polynucleotides or vectors, methods of producing the polypeptides, as well as methods of application and uses thereof, including a process for enzymatic, regioselective oxygenation of N-heterocycles of the general formula (I) to the corresponding N-oxides of the formula (II), by converting N-heterocycles of the formula (I) with a peroxidase polypeptide in the presence of at least one oxidizing agent in a one-stage reaction process
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marek Jan Pecyna, René Ullrich, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Karin Scheibner, Martin Gunter Kluge, Martin Hofrichter
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACIDIFIED MILK DRINK
    Publication number: 20100266724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an acidified milk drink using an enzyme having phenoloxidase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Jeppe Wegener Tams, Preben Nielsen, Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Polypeptides Having Cellobiohydrolase I Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20100256037
    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: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Family GH 61 polypeptides
    Patent number: 7803590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Sara Landvik, Tina Spendler, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 7785853
    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: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • FAMILY GH 61 POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20100093592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Sara Landvik, Tina Spendler, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • POLYPEPTIDES OF BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA
    Publication number: 20100087379
    Abstract: The invention relates to functional polypeptides secreted from Botryospaeria rhodina CBS 274.96.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lene Lange, Pernille Uldall Bolvig
  • Polypeptides of
    Patent number: 7666649
    Abstract: The invention relates to functional polypeptides secreted from Botryospaeria rhodina CBS 274.96.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lene Lange, Pernille Uldall Stephensen
  • Fungal cell wall degrading enzyme
    Patent number: 7635470
    Abstract: A novel fungal enzyme having lysozyme activity has been isolated. The invention further relates to a fungal polypeptide having lysozyme activity and belonging to the GH25 family, wherein the enzyme is selected from the group consisting of (a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence, which has at least 80% identity with amino acids 1 to 233 of SEQ ID NO:2; (b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence, which has at least 80% identity with the polypeptide encoded by the lysozyme encoding part of the nucleotide sequence inserted into a plasmid present in strain DSM 16084; (c) a polypeptide which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes under high stringency conditions with a polynucleotide probe consisting of the complementary strand of nucleotides 84 to 782 of SEQ ID NO:1; or (d) a fragment of (a), (b) or (c) that has lysozyme activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Wenping Wu, Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 7534762
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • Polypeptides Of Botryospaeria Rhodina
    Publication number: 20080090280
    Abstract: The invention relates to functional polypeptides secreted from Botryospaeria rhodina CBS 247.96.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lene Lange, Pernille Uldall Stephensen
  • Family GH-61 polypeptides
    Patent number: 7273738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Sara Landvik, Tina Spendler, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen
  • Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides encoding same
    Publication number: 20040197890
    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: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Lene Lange, Wenping Wu, Dominique Aubert, Sara Landvik, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Ib Groth Clausen
  • Family GH 61 polypeptides
    Publication number: 20040180420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Sara Landvik, Tina Spendler, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen