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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 10851356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for modifying one or more characteristics of a lipase, comprising the step of associating a peptide to the lipase, wherein the peptide has at least 50% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of at least one major lipase contact zone of the propeptide of said lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Anna Verena Reiser, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia, Kim Borch, Christian I. Joergensen, Birgitte Andersen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10822598
    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; 13; 14; 15; 17; 18; 29; 30; 33; 34; 36; 37; 38; 40; 41; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 49; 50; 5 51; 52; 54; 55; 57; 58; 59; 60; 69; 70; 71; 72; 81; 82; 85; 86; 87; 89; 90; 91; 92; 94; 95; 96; 97; 99; 100; 101; 102; 103; 105; 108; 111; 115; 116; 118; 119; 120; 122; 123; 124; 126; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 132; 133; 134; 136; 144; 152; 155; 157; 158; 159; 161; 162; 163; 177; 178; 181; 182; 184; 185; 187; 189; 191; 196; 197; 199; 203; 205; 206; 207; 208; 209; 211; 215; 220; 221; 222; 223; 224; 226; 229; 230; 232; 235; 236; 240; 242; 243; 244; 247; 248; 252; 254; 255; 257; 10 260; 261; 262 of SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Rakhi Saikia, Geetha Hiremath Mendez, Sohel Dalal, Padmavathi Balmuri, Santhosh Vasu Mepadam, Lone Baunsgaard, Jesper Vind, Garry Paul Gippert, Kim Borch
  • Publication number: 20200263350
    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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Fabian Barrientos
  • Publication number: 20200255812
    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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Rakhi Saikia, Sohel Dalal, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10731110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (a) at least one surfactant, at least one surfactant system, at least one soap, or any mixtures thereof; and (b) a polypeptide having lipase activity selected from the group consisting of: (I) a polypeptide having at least 80% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2; (II) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under low stringency conditions with (i) the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or (ii) the full-length complement of (i); (III) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 80% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (IV) a variant of the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 comprising a substitution, deletion, and/or insertion at one or more positions; and (V) a fragment of the polypeptide of (I), (II), (III), or (IV); wherein said composition is a cleaning and/or treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Marc Dominique Morant, Anna Verena Reiser, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Lone Baunsgaard, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia
  • Patent number: 10724019
    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; 13; 14; 15; 17; 18; 29; 30; 33; 34; 36; 37; 38; 40; 41; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 49; 50; 51; 52; 54; 55; 57; 58; 59; 60; 69; 70; 71; 72; 81; 82; 85; 86; 87; 89; 90; 91; 92; 94; 95; 96; 97; 99; 100; 101; 102; 103; 105; 108; 111; 115; 116; 118; 119; 120; 122; 123; 124; 126; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 132; 133; 134; 136; 144; 152; 155; 157; 158; 159; 161; 162; 163; 177; 178; 181; 182; 184; 185; 187; 189; 191; 196; 197; 199; 203; 205; 206; 207; 208; 209; 211; 215; 220; 221; 222; 223; 224; 226; 229; 230; 232; 235; 236; 240; 242; 243; 244; 247; 248; 252; 254; 255; 257; 260; 261; 262 of SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Rakhi Saikia, Geetha Hiremath Mendez, Sohel Dalal, Padmavathi Balumuri, Santhosh Vasu Mepadam, Lone Baunsgaard, Jesper Vind, Garry Paul Gippert, Kim Borch
  • Patent number: 10717969
    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; and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Ming Li, Tianqi Sun, Xianshi Jiang, Lone Baunsgaard, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Han Bucong
  • Publication number: 20200199551
    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: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
  • Patent number: 10683489
    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 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Rakhi Saikia, Sohel Dalal, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10676725
    Abstract: Isolated polypeptides with lipase activity; polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the polypeptides for cleaning are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Ming Li, Tianqi Sun, Xianzhi Jiang, Lone Baunsgaard, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Kim Borch, Han Bucong
  • Publication number: 20190390182
    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; 13; 14; 15; 17; 18; 29; 30; 33; 34; 36; 37; 38; 40; 41; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 49; 50; 51; 52; 54; 55; 57; 58; 59; 60; 69; 70; 71; 72; 81; 82; 85; 86; 87; 89; 90; 91; 92; 94; 95; 96; 97; 99; 100; 101; 102; 103; 105; 108; 111; 115; 116; 118; 119; 120; 122; 123; 124; 126; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 132; 133; 134; 136; 144; 152; 155; 157; 158; 159; 161; 162; 163; 177; 178; 181; 182; 184; 185; 187; 189; 191; 196; 197; 199; 203; 205; 206; 207; 208; 209; 211; 215; 220; 221; 222; 223; 224; 226; 229; 230; 232; 235; 236; 240; 242; 243; 244; 247; 248; 252; 254; 255; 257; 260; 261; 262 of SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Rakhi Saikia, Geetha Hiremath Mendez, Sohel Dalal, Padmavathi Balumuri, Santhosh Vasu Mepadam, Lone Baunsgaard, Jesper Vind, Garry Paul Gippert, Kim Borch
  • Publication number: 20190338260
    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: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Padmavathi Balumuri, Rakhi Saikia, Allan Svendsen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10457921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variant of a parent lipase, wherein said variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, has lipase activity, comprises a substitution at a position corresponding to position 92 and/or 96; and remains unaltered at the positions corresponding to positions 231, 233 and 254 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 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: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Lone Baunsgaard, Jakob Skjold-Joergensen, Vikram Kjoeller Bhatia, Lars Henrik Oestergaard
  • Publication number: 20190292531
    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 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Toscano, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Alexander David Fulton, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10358635
    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 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Padmavathi Balumuri, Rakhi Saikia, Allan Svendsen, Lone Baunsgaard
  • Patent number: 10336971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing odor generated by the activity of a lipase comprising a step of adding to said lipase a peptide capable of binding to the lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Lone Baunsgaard, Erik Gormsen
  • Publication number: 20190194631
    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: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Robert Piotr Olinski, Preben Nielsen, Kim Borch, Anna Verena Reiser, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard