Patents by Inventor Kirk Schnorr

Kirk 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).

  • Patent number: 8501448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus, especially from a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa or Paenibacillus sp. The xyloglucanases exhibit high performance in conventional detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Martin Schulein, Per Lina Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 8354263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus, especially from a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa or Paenibacillus sp. The xyloglucanases exhibit high performance in conventional detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Per Lina Jorgensen, Hanne Dela
  • Publication number: 20120272410
    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: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Elena Vlasenko, Brett McBrayer, Mary Stringer, Kirk Schnorr
  • Publication number: 20120096597
    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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Michael Rey
  • Publication number: 20120079665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus, especially from a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa or Paenibacillus sp. The xyloglucanases exhibit high performance in conventional detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Per Lina Jorgensen, Martin Schulein, Hanne Dela
  • Patent number: 8071351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus, especially from a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa or Paenibacillus sp. The xyloglucanases exhibit high performance in conventional detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Martin Schulein, Hanne Dela, legal representative, Per Lina Jorgensen
  • Publication number: 20110059862
    Abstract: Methods for screening a polynucleotide library for a polypeptide with a property of interest in a filamentous fungal host cell, in a manner which allows quick and easy subsequent characterization of the polypeptide, using an expression cloning vector comprising at least a polynucleotide encoding a selectable marker in which the translation initiation start site of the marker-encoding sequence comprises a crippled consensus Kozak sequence, a fungal replication initiation sequence, and a promoter with a cloning-site into which the library is cloned, and a transcription terminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: MARY ANN STRINGER, KIRK SCHNORR, JESPER VIND
  • Publication number: 20100212091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus, especially from a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa or Paenibacillus sp. The xyloglucanases exhibit high performance in conventional detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Per Lina Jorgensen, Martin Schulein, Hanne Dela
  • Publication number: 20080138880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus, especially from a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa or Paenibacillus sp. The xyloglucanases exhibit high performance in conventional detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Per Lina Jorgensen, Martin Schulein, Hanne Dela
  • Patent number: 7361736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus especially from a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa or Paenibacillus sp. The xyloglucanases exhibit high performance in conventional detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Per Lina Jorgensen, Hanne Dela, legal representative, Martin Schulein
  • Publication number: 20080058214
    Abstract: The present invention allows the screening of previously established genebanks or libraries by proxy for genes encoding secreted, partially secreted, or cell surface-displayed polypeptides of industrial interest, such as enzymes, receptors, cytokines, peptide hormones etc. that would not likely have been isolated using conventional screening assays. A method for isolating genes encoding secreted, partially secreted, or cell surface displayed polypeptides from existing gene libraries is described in which the endogenous secretion signal sequences are detected using an in vitro polynucleotide insertion reaction where the inserted polynucleotide comprises a promoter-less and secretion signal-less secretion reporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Fiona Duffner, Reinhard Wilting, Kirk Schnorr
  • Publication number: 20080032000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Sara Landvik, Tina Spendler, Lars Christensen
  • Patent number: 7304091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with structures resembling natural statins isolated from Penicillium sp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Myco TeO A/S
    Inventors: Jens Christian Frisvad, Lene Lange, Kirk Schnorr, Steen Stender, Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen
  • Patent number: 7273745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyases comprising the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Pro (NLNSRVP) (amino acids 236-242 of SEQ ID NO: 2) belonging to Family 1 of polysaccharide lyases have good performance in industrial processes under neutral or alkaline conditions such as laundering and textile processing. The pectate lyase may be derivable from Bacillus species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Nonboe Andersen, Hanne Dela, legal representative, Niels Erik Krebs Lange, Mads Eskelund Bjørnvad, Søren Møller, Sanne O. Schrøder Glad, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Kirk Schnorr, Lars Kongsbak, Martin Schülein, deceased
  • Publication number: 20070116744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyases comprising the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Pro (NLNSRVP) (amino acids 236-242 of SEQ ID NO: 2) belonging to Family 1 of polysaccharide lyases have good performance in industrial processes under neutral or alkaline conditions such as laundering and textile processing. The pectate lyase may be derivable from Bacillus species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Andersen, Martin Schulein, Niels Lange, Mads Bjornvad, Soren Moller, Sanne O Glad, Markus Kauppinen, Kirk Schnorr, Lars Kongsbak
  • Publication number: 20070072185
    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: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Lars Christensen
  • Patent number: 7183093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mannanases comprising e.g., a sequence of amino acids 32–330 of SEQ ID NO: 2 or their homologues may be derived from e.g., Bacillus sp. I633, or may be encoded by polynucleotide molecules comprising a sequence of nucleotides 94–990 of SEQ ID NO: 1 from, polynucleotide molecules that encode a polypeptide that is at least 65% identical to the sequence of amino acids 32–330 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or degenerate nucleotide sequences thereof. The mannanases are alkaline and are useful e.g. in cleaning compositions, in a fracturing fluid useful to fracture a subterranean formation, for modifying plant material, and for treatment of cellulosic fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Martin Schulein, Kirk Schnorr, Lene Nonboe Andersen, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad
  • Patent number: 7144722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyases comprising the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Pro (NLNSRVP) (amino acids 236–242 of SEQ ID NO: 2) belonging to Family 1 of polysaccharide lyases have good performance in industrial processes under neutral or alkaline conditions such as laundering and textile processing. The pectate lyase may be derivable from Bacillus species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lene Nonboe Andersen, Hanne Dela, legal representative, Niels Erik Krebs Lange, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Soren Moller, Sanne O Schroder Glad, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Kirk Schnorr, Lars Kongsbak, Martin Schulein, deceased
  • Publication number: 20060211620
    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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kirk Schnorr, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • Publication number: 20060211089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant expression of defensin antimicrobial peptides in fermentation of filamentous fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hans-Henrik Hoegenhaug, Kirk Schnorr, Mogens Hansen