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: 20260201280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (a) a lipase; and (b) one or more peptides boosting/enhancing the performance/activity of the lipase. The invention also relates to methods for cleaning or washing using a composition of the invention and an enzyme product comprising (a) a lipase; and (b) one or more peptides. Finally, the invention also relates to peptides capable of boosting/enhancing lipases' fat removing performance/activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Lone BAUNSGAARD
  • Publication number: 20260193573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for increasing body grime removal from laundry comprising i) a surfactant or surfactant system; ii) peptide; iii) a nuclease; and/or iv) one or more enzyme activities selected from the group of protease, alpha-amylase, endoglucanase, lipase, pectate lyase, and mannanase activity, or a mixture thereof. The invention also relates to methods for cleaning or washing laundry comprising body grime and the use of a composition of the invention for increasing body grime removal from laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lone BAUNSGAARD, Bena-Marie LUE
  • Publication number: 20260152700
    Abstract: The invention relates to lipid removal enhancers that may be used alone or in concert with lipase in detergents for removal of lipid stains, such as fats and oils, from surfaces, such as textiles, with an increased benefit-risk ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone BAUNSGAARD, Lars ANDERSON, Kim BORCH
  • Publication number: 20260132388
    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: November 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme TOSCANO, Thomas Agersten POULSEN, Carsten Horslev HANSEN, Lone BAUNSGAARD, Keith GIBSON
  • Patent number: 12529017
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathan Reese, Domenic Anthony Paone, Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Mark Stephenson Smith, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 12492387
    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, A401, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E, K, K981, 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 the microcapsule composition for stabilizing lipase variants of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
  • Patent number: 12480107
    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 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Toscano, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Alexander David Fulton, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Publication number: 20250129310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising (a) a surfactant or a surfactant or surfactant system; (b) a lipase; and (c) one or more boosters selected from the group of: i) alkoxylated polyethyleneimine; ii) alkoxylated polyetheramine; iii) guanidine hydrochloride; and iv) rhamnolipid. The invention also relates to methods for cleaning or washing of laundry comprising contacting the laundry with a detergent composition of the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to an enzyme product comprising (a) a lipase; and (b) one or more boosters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Lone Baunsgaard, Kim Borch, Wenwen Tao
  • Publication number: 20240344042
    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, A401, F511,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K981, N101 D, R1 18F, G163S, T231 R, 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: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira TOSCANO, Thomas Agersten POULSEN, Carsten Horslev HANSEN, Lone BAUNSGAARD, Keith GIBSON
  • Patent number: 12037614
    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 the microcapsule composition for stabilizing lipase variants of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
  • Patent number: 12031112
    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: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    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: 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