Patents by Inventor Kirk Matthews

Kirk Matthews 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).

  • Patent number: 10119130
    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: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Jens Erik Nielsen, Mikkel Klausen
  • Publication number: 20180298365
    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: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Patent number: 10076121
    Abstract: Disclosed is the making of baked products, more particularly making of baked products using polypeptides having lipolytic activity and at least one emulsifier. The invention also relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having lipolytic activity and at least one emulsifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kim Borch, Tina Salomonsen, Tom Anton Busk Nielsen, Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Patent number: 10039300
    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: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Kirk Matthew Schnorr
  • Publication number: 20180216040
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a detergent comprising a polypeptide having galactanase activity. It further concerns a laundering method and the use of galactanases. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having galactanase activity, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Klaus Gori, Lars Kobberoe Skov
  • Publication number: 20180179504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having trehalase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using a trehalase of the invenion, in particular a process of producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Zhengfang Kang, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lar Kobberøe Skov
  • Publication number: 20180118238
    Abstract: System includes a control system used to control operation of a vehicle system as the vehicle system moves along a route. The vehicle system includes a plurality of system vehicles in which adjacent system vehicles are operatively coupled such that the adjacent system vehicles are permitted to move relative to one another. The control system includes one or more processors that are configured to (a) receive operational settings of the vehicle system and (b) input the operational settings into a system model of the vehicle system to determine an observed metric of the vehicle system. The one or more processors are also configured to (c) compare the observed metric to a reference metric and (d) modify the operational settings of the vehicle system based on differences between the observed and the reference metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Gabriel de Albuquerque Gleizer, Carlos Gonzaga, Lucas Vargas, Harry Kirk Matthews, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180118237
    Abstract: System having one or more processors that are configured to (a) generate, as a vehicle system moves along a route, a plurality of different trial plans for an upcoming segment of the route. The trial plans include potential operational settings of the vehicle system along the route. The one or more processors that are configured to (b) select one of the trial plans as a selected plan or generate the selected plan based on one or more of the trial plans. The selected plan is configured to improve one or more system-handling metrics as the vehicle system moves along the upcoming segment of the route. The one or more processors are configured to (c) communicate instructions to change or not change at least one of the operational settings of the vehicle system based on the selected plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Gabriel de Albuquerque Gleizer, Carlos Gonzaga, Lucas Vargas, Anup Menon, Dan Dai, Harry Kirk Matthews, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180000076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having N-acetyl glucosamine oxidase 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: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Lars Henrik Oestergaard
  • 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