Patents by Inventor Mads Bjornvad

Mads Bjornvad 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: 20160145667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide having biological activity, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide operably linked to a second polynucleotide encoding a variant signal peptide or a variant prepropeptide; and (b) isolating the secreted polypeptide having biological activity from the cultivation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Mads Bjornvad, Debbie Yaver
  • Patent number: 9273104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide having biological activity, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide operably linked to a second polynucleotide encoding a variant signal peptide or a variant prepropeptide; and (b) isolating the secreted polypeptide having biological activity from the cultivation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: NOVOZYMES, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Mads Bjornvad, Debbie Yaver
  • Publication number: 20140142278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide having biological activity, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide operably linked to a second polynucleotide encoding a variant signal peptide or a variant prepropeptide; and (b) isolating the secreted polypeptide having biological activity from the cultivation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Mads Bjornvad, Debbie Yaver
  • Publication number: 20090317866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide operably linked to a copper-inducible promoter sequence comprising a copper-responsive upstream activation sequence activated by a copper-dependent trans-acting transcription factor and a second polynucleotide comprising one or more (several) additional copper-responsive upstream activation sequences operably linked upstream to the promoter sequence, wherein the promoter sequence is foreign to the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide and the copper-responsive upstream activation sequences are responsible for copper-induced transcription of the promoter sequence, and a third polynucleotide comprising at least one copy of a gene encoding the copper-dependent trans-acting transcription factor; and (b) isolat
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicants: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Barbara Cherry, Debbie Yaver, Mads Bjornvad
  • Publication number: 20080076675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the activity of a lipolytic enzyme comprising measuring the pH of the gas phase of the enzymatic reaction between the lipolytic enzyme and a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises an ester bond between a C1-C10 carboxylic acid and an alcohol. Furthermore, it relates to a method for screening a library of polypeptide for a lipolytic enzyme of interest comprising testing the library in said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Mads Bjornvad, Abel Gernot
  • Publication number: 20070179074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a detergent ingredient and a lipase variant with reduced potential for odor generation obtained by introducing mutations in one or more regions identified in a parent lipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Philip Souter, John Burdis, Allan Svendsen, Thomas Callisen, Jesper Vind, Debbie Yaver, Jurgen Knotzel, Kim Borch, Mads Bjornvad, Peter Hansen, Michael Lamsa
  • Publication number: 20070166695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for testing or screening for an enzyme of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Mads Bjornvad
  • 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: 20050215450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme exhibiting endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity (EC 3.2.1.4), which is a) a polypeptide encoded by the DNA sequence of positions 1 to 2322 of SEQ ID NO: 1; b) a polypeptide produced by culturing a cell comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 under conditions wherein the DNA sequence is expressed; c) an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase enzyme having a sequence of at least 97% identity to the amino acid sequence of position 1 to position 773 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and fragments thereof exhibiting endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity, and d) a polypeptide having endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity that is encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes with the nucleotide sequence shown in positions 1-2322 of SEQ ID NO: 1, is useful for detergent and textile applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Helle Outtrup, Martin Schulein, Torben Henriksen, Mads Bjornvad, Keith Gibson