Patents by Inventor Mads Eskelund

Mads Eskelund 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: 9732310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting alterations relative to the parent subtilase in one or more properties including: Wash performance, thermal stability, storage stability or catalytic activity. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Henriette Draborg, Peter Kamp Hansen, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Mads Norregaard-Madsen, Mikael Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 9493730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme and cleaning processes comprising such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michelle Meek, Philip Frank Souter, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
  • Patent number: 9005950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sanne Schoeder Glad, Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Katja Salomon Johansen, Henrik Frisner, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Thomas Thisted
  • Patent number: 8940502
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Barbara Cherry
  • Patent number: 8871441
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of screening a microbial host cell for a property of interest in a microfluidic device, the method comprising the steps of: a) transforming a d-alanine racemase-deficient microbial host cell with a polynucleotide construct comprising: i) one or more polynucleotide region providing the property of interest when present in the host cell, and ii) at least one polynucleotide region complementing the d-alanine racemase deficiency when present in the host cell; and b) screening the transformed host cell for the property of interest in the microfluidic device in the absence of externally provided d-alanine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Lenhard, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Poul Erik Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20140005093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sanne Schoeder Glad, Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Katja Salomon Johansen, Henrik Frisner, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Thomas Thisted
  • Patent number: 8586330
    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: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad
  • Patent number: 8563290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sanne Schroder Glad, Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Katja Salomon Johansen, Henrik Frisner, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Thomas Thisted
  • Patent number: 8288144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sanne Schroder Glad, Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Katja Salomon Johansen, Henrik Frisner, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Thomas Thisted
  • Publication number: 20120149624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting alterations relative to the parent subtilase in one or more properties including: Wash performance, thermal stability, storage stability or catalytic activity. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Henriette Draborg, Peter Kamp Hansen, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Mads Norregaard-Madsen, Mikael Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 8187854
    Abstract: The invention provides variant lipases, preferably, variants with reduced tendency to odor generation obtained by introducing mutations in one or more regions identified in a parent lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Jürgen Carsten Franz Knötzel, Kim Borch, Allan Svendsen, Thomas Honger Callisen, Debbie Yaver, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Peter Kamp Hansen, Haiyan Ge, Michael Lamsa
  • Publication number: 20110212876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme and cleaning processes comprising such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle MEEK, Philip Frank Souter, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
  • Publication number: 20110159511
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of screening a microbial host cell for a property of interest in a microfluidic device, the method comprising the steps of: a) transforming a d-alanine racemase-deficient microbial host cell with a polynucleotide construct comprising: i) one or more polynucleotide region providing the property of interest when present in the host cell, and ii) at least one polynucleotide region complementing the d-alanine racemase deficiency when present in the host cell; and b) screening the transformed host cell for the property of interest in the microfluidic device in the absence of externally provided d-alanine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Lenhard, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Poul Erik Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20110092408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting alterations relative to the parent subtilase in one or more properties including: Wash performance, thermal stability, storage stability or catalytic activity. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Henriette Draborg, Peter Kamp Hansen, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Mads Nonegaard-Madsen, Mikael Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 7919298
    Abstract: The invention provides polypeptides obtained by introducing mutations in one or more regions identified in a parent lipase. The polypeptides of the present invention have surprisingly been found to have a low specific activity towards short chain fatty acids leading to a reduced odor generation and an increased BR over the lipases known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Kim Borch, Allan Svendsen, Thomas Hoenger Callisen, Debbie Yaver, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Peter Kamp Hansen
  • Patent number: 7888093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting alterations relative to the parent subtilase in one or more properties including: Wash performance, thermal stability, storage stability or catalytic activity. The variants of the invention are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Henriette Draborg, Peter Kamp Hansen, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Mads Norregaard-Madsen, Mikael Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 7611882
    Abstract: Detergent composition comprising a surfactant and a pectate lyase (EC 4.2.2.2) enzyme en-coded by a DNA sequence endogeneous to a strain of Bacillus subtilis or a stabilized variant thereof provides superior cleaning and stain removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mads Eskelund Bjørnvad, Martin Schülein, Torben Henriksen, legal representative, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Johan Smets, Carsten Andersen, Thomas Thisted
  • Patent number: 7601529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pectate lyase variants exhibiting alterations relative to a parent enzyme exhibiting pectate lyase activity as its major enzymatic activity; to a method of producing such enzymes; and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries. Compared to the parent enzyme, the pectate lyase variants of the present invention exhibit improved stability in detergents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sanne Schroder Glad, Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Katja Salomon Johansen, Henrik Frisner, Thomas Thisted, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad
  • Publication number: 20090253171
    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: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad
  • Publication number: 20090221033
    Abstract: The invention provides polypeptides obtained by introducing mutations in one or more regions identified in a parent lipase. The polypeptides of the present invention have surprisingly been found to have a low specific activity towards short chain fatty acids leading to a reduced odor generation and an increased BR over the lipases known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Kim Borch, Allan Svendsen, Thomas Hoenger Callisen, Debbie Yaver, Mads Eskelund Bjoernvad, Peter Kamp Hansen