Patents by Inventor Martin Shulein

Martin Shulein 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).

  • Endoglucanases
    Patent number: 6855531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to enzyme preparations consisting essentially of an enzyme which has cellulytic activity and comprises a first amino acid sequence having the following sequence (SEQ ID NO:79) Thr Arg Xaa Xaa Asp Cys Cys Xaa Xaa 1???2???3???4???5???6???7???8???9 Xaa Cys Xaa Trp Xaa 10??11??12??13??14 and a second amino acid sequence having the following sequence Trp Cys Cys Xaa Cys (SEQ ID NO:80) 1???2???3???4???5 wherein, at position 3 of the first sequence, the amino acid is Trp, Tyr or Phe; at position 4 of the first sequence, the amino acid is Trp, Tyr or Phe; at position 8 of the first sequence, the amino acid is Arg, Lys or His; at positions 9, 10, 12 and 14, respectively, of the first sequence, and at position 4 of the second sequence, the amino acid is any of the 20 naturally occurring amino acid residues with the provisos that, in the first amino acid sequence, (i) when the amino residue at position 12 is Ser, then the amino acid residue at po
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Torben Henriksen, Søren Flensted Lassen, Markus Sakari Kauppinen, Martin Shulein
  • Biopreparation of textiles at high temperatures
    Patent number: 6630342
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for high-temperature biopreparation of cellulosic fibers by contacting the fibers with pectin-degrading enzymes, preferably thermostable, alkaline, divalent cation-independent pectate lyases, under conditions compatible with scouring and bleaching technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Niels Erik Krebs Lange, Lars Kongsbak, Martin Shülein, Mads Eskelund Bjørnvad, Philip Anwar Husain
  • Biopreparation of textiles at high temperatures
    Publication number: 20020115194
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for high-temperature biopreparation of cellulosic fibers by contacting the fibers with pectin-degrading enzymes, preferably thermostable, alkaline, divalent cation-independent pectate lyases, under conditions compatible with scouring and bleaching technologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Niel Erik Krebs Lange, Lars Kongsbak, Martin Shulein, Mads Eskelund Bjornvad, Philip Anwar Husain
  • Biopreparation of textiles at high temperatures
    Patent number: 6258590
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for higha-temperature biopreparation of cellulosic fibers by contacting the fibers with pectin-degrading enzymes, preferably thermostable, alkaline, divalent cation-independent pectate lyases, under conditions compatible with scouring and bleaching technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America
    Inventors: Niels Erik Krebs Lange, Lars Kongsbak, Martin Shülein, Mads Eskelund Bjørnvad, Philip Anwar Husain
  • Chimeric enzymes
    Patent number: 5234823
    Abstract: Chimeric alpha-amylases are disclosed of the formulaQ--R--Lin which Q is a N-terminal polypeptide residue of from 55 to 60 amino acid residues which is at least 75 percent homologous to the 55 N-terminal amino acid residues in the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens alpha-amylase as described in Takkinen et al., J. Biol. Chem. 258 (1983) 1007-1013,R is a polypeptide residue of the general formula ##STR1## L comprises a C-terminal polypeptide of from 390 to 400 amino acid residues which is at least 75 percent holologous to the 395 C-terminal amino acid residues in the Bacillus licheniformis 584 (ATCC 27811) alpha-amylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Novo Industri A/S
    Inventors: Borge K. Diderichsen, Helle Outtrup, Martin Shulein, Barrie E. Norman