Patents by Inventor Lone Baunsgaard

Lone Baunsgaard 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: 20240035005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase having reduced odor generation and/or wash performance. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention, methods and uses of the variants and compositions of the invention, polynucleotides, constructs, expression vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotide of the invention and methods of producing the lipase variant of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sune Fang Christensen, Vibeke Svovgaard Nielsen, Lone Baunsgaard, Jesper Vind, Lars Iversen, Matias Emil Moses, Cesar Lene Bjorg, PengFei Tian
  • Publication number: 20230407209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions capable of reducing odor generated by a lipase during cleaning or washing of laundry comprising (a) a surfactant or a surfactant system; (b) a lipase; and (c) ricinoleic acid, a ricinoleic salt, or a ricinoleic ester. The invention also relates to methods for cleaning or washing of laundry by contacting the laundry with a composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathan Reese, Domenic Anthony Paone, Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Mark Stephenson Smith, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20220411770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Toscano, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Alexander David Fulton, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20220340843
    Abstract: Disclosed are fusion polypeptides comprising at least two carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs), wherein the polypeptide has carbohydrate binding activity. Also disclosed is the use of such polypeptides for reducing the wrinkles in laundry, as well as detergent compositions and laundry booster compositions comprising the same. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the variants, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the variants and methods of making the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Baunsgaard, Michael Lynge Nielsen, Kenneth Jensen, Hiroshi Teramoto, Keiichi Ayabe
  • Publication number: 20220333088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and comprise one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40I, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118F, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. The present invention also relates to compositions or microcapsule compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention and to liquid products comprising a microcapsule composition of the invention as well as the use of said microcapsule composition for stabilizing lipase variants of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
  • Patent number: 11414814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polypeptides having nuclease activity and the use and methods for preventing or reducing creases of a fabric; a composition comprising such polypeptide. The invention further related to polynucleotide encoding polypeptides having nuclease activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Fabian Barrientos Garcia
  • Patent number: 11371029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a preparation of lipase with increased lipolytic activity comprising a step of altering one or more nucleotides in a polynucleotide comprising a first polynucleotide encoding a propeptide operationally linked to a second polynucleotide encoding a lipase, wherein the alteration of one or more nucleotides are made in the first polynucleotide and the alteration independently results in a substitution, an insertion or a deletion in the encoded propeptide amino acid sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Rakhi Saikia, Sohel Dalal, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20220177812
    Abstract: Detergent compositions that include a lipase variant of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and includes one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. Water-soluble unit dose articles including water-soluble film and a detergent composition including lipase variants. Methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Steven George Patterson, Nazarmohammad Gulamhussain Momin, Miguel D. G. P. Toscano, Thomas A. Poulsen, Carsten H. Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
  • Patent number: 11332725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and comprise one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40I, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118F, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. The present invention also relates to compositions or microcapsule compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention and to liquid products comprising a microcapsule composition of the invention as well as the use of said microcapsule composition for stabilizing lipase variants of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
  • Patent number: 11326152
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Toscano, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Alexander David Fulton, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 11286443
    Abstract: Detergent compositions that include a lipase variant of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and includes one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. Water-soluble unit dose articles including water-soluble film and a detergent composition including lipase variants. Methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven George Patterson, Nazarmohammad Gulamhussain Momin, Miguel D. G. P. Toscano, Thomas A. Poulsen, Carsten H. Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
  • Publication number: 20210130798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lipase variant of a parent lipase, which variant has lipase activity, at least 75% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 and comprises a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 9; 10; 11; 12; 16; 19; 30; 31; 34; 36; 37; 39; 40; 42; 44; 51; 52; 53; 54; 56; 58; 59; 70; 71; 72; 73; 83; 84; 86; 88; 90; 92; 93; 95; 96; 100; 101; 102; 104; 106; 109; 110; 112; 117; 119; 124; 125; 127; 128; 131; 132; 133; 134; 135; 137; 158; 159; 160; 161; 162; 163; 165; 166; 167; 168; 170; 181; 182; 183; 189; 190; 192; 194; 196; 202; 210; 211; 212; 220; 225; 227; 228; 229; 230; 231; 233; 237; 238; 239; 240; 242; 246; 247; 248; 252; 259; 262; 264; 269 of SEQ ID NO: 3. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Padmavathi Balumuri, Rakhi Saikia, Allan Svendsen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20210102182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase 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 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Robert Piotr Olinski, Preben Nielsen, Kim Borch, Anna Verena Reiser, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10954477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reduced odor. More specifically the invention relates to a method for hydrolyzing a lipase substrate comprising: adding to said substrate a lipase variant of SEQ ID NO: 3, which variant comprises a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 4; 44; 45; 49; 58; 84; 88; 93; 95; 97; 104; 108; 131; 140; 147; 152; 158; 165; 176; 177; 187; 195; 199; 208; 211; 221; 222; 224; 232; 244; 247; 248; 249; 251; 255; and 259 of SEQ ID NO: 3, has lipase activity, and has at least 75% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 or a fragment thereof with lipase activity, in which method odor is reduced when compared to the method wherein SEQ ID NO: 3 is added to the lipase substrate. The present invention also relates lipase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of producing and using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Lone Baunsgaard, Garry Paul Gippert
  • Publication number: 20210079318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reduced odor. More specifically the invention relates to a method for hydrolyzing a lipase substrate comprising: adding to said substrate a lipase variant of SEQ ID NO: 3, which variant comprises a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 4; 44; 45; 49; 58; 84; 88; 93; 95; 97; 104; 108; 131; 140; 147; 152; 158; 165; 176; 177; 187; 195; 199; 208; 211; 221; 222; 224; 232; 244; 247; 248; 249; 251; 255; and 259 of SEQ ID NO: 3, has lipase activity, and has at least 75% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 or a fragment thereof with lipase activity, in which method odor is reduced when compared to the method wherein SEQ ID NO: 3 is added to the lipase substrate. The present invention also relates lipase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of producing and using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Lone Baunsgaard, Garry Paul Gippert
  • Patent number: 10920205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lipase variant of a parent lipase, which variant has lipase activity, at least 75% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 and comprises a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 9; 10; 11; 12; 16; 19; 30; 31; 34; 36; 37; 39; 40; 42; 44; 51; 52; 53; 54; 56; 58; 59; 70; 71; 72; 73; 83; 84; 86; 88; 90; 92; 93; 95; 96; 100; 101; 102; 104; 106; 109; 110; 112; 117; 119; 124; 125; 127; 128; 131; 132; 133; 134; 135; 137; 158; 159; 160; 161; 162; 163; 165; 166; 167; 168; 170; 181; 182; 183; 189; 190; 192; 194; 196; 202; 210; 211; 212; 220; 225; 227; 228; 229; 230; 231; 233; 237; 238; 239; 240; 242; 246; 247; 248; 252; 259; 262; 264; 269 of SEQ ID NO: 3. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Padmavathi Balumuri, Rakhi Saikia, Allan Svendsen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20210009927
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of polypeptides having carbohydrate binding properties, such as CBM, for reducing the wrinkles in laundry. Also detergent compositions comprising CBM are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Baunsgaard, Kenneth Jensen, Marc Dominique Morant
  • Patent number: 10883093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase 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: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Robert Piotr Olinski, Preben Nielsen, Kim Borch, Anna Verena Reiser, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10870838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a preparation of a lipase variant of a parent lipase comprising a step of altering one or more nucleotides in a polynucleotide encoding the parent lipase, wherein the alteration provides at least one disulfide bond and a hydrolytic activity of said lipase variant which is reduced as compared with the hydrolytic activity of the parent lipase. The invention also relates to a polynucleotide encoding the lipase variant, the lipase variant and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lone Baunsgaard, Allan Svendsen, Kim Borch, Rakhi Saikia, Jakob Skjold-Jørgensen
  • Patent number: 10858637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides with lipase activity. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the polynucleotides and methods of using the polypeptides or the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kenneth Jensen, Maria Louise Leth, Anna Verena Reiser, Robert Piotr Olinski, Preben Nielsen, Lone Baunsgaard