Patents by Inventor Mary Ann Stringer

Mary Ann Stringer 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: 20260078359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Mary Ann Stringer, Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • Publication number: 20250381253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having endo-1,3-?-glucanase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, host cells comprising the polynucleotides, methods of producing the polypeptides, as well as oral care compositions comprising the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Manish Kumar Tiwari, Dorotea Raventos SEGURA, Mary Ann STRINGER, Lorena González PALMÉN, Jesper SALOMON
  • Publication number: 20250313817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Morten GJERMANSEN, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Mary Ann Stringer, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Tianqi Sun
  • Publication number: 20250311734
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides proteins useful for preventing, treating, suppressing and/or eliminating infestations and infections of plants by various phytopathogenic pests, as well as formulations comprising such proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins, organisms expressing such proteins, and methods of using such proteins, formulations, polynucleotides and organisms in agriculture and other fields of endeavor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVONESIS PLANT BIOSOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Kate Sarah BRANDON SUTTON, Svend Gunnar KAASGAARD, Ines Marques NUNES, Gregory Stephen MALONEY, Casey RUARK-SEWARD, Jason QUINLAN, Mary Ann STRINGER, Sharon INCH, Calum RUSSELL, Louisa LIBERMAN, Jennifer PETITTE, Birgitte Gjerde BENNEDSEN, Adam GINN, Cari MCGREGOR, Meaghan THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 12371682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Patent number: 12247235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process of treating crop kernels to provide a starch product of high quality suitable for conversion of starch into mono- and oligosaccharides, ethanol, sweeteners, etc. The present invention also relates to polypeptides having GH10 xylanase activity and polypeptides having GH62 arabinofuranosidase activity. Further, the present invention also relates to a process for extraction or separation of crude palm oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Yi Cao, Yu Zhang, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Randall Scott Deinhammer, Mary Ann Stringer, Ye Liu, Purna Venkatesh, Cui Liu
  • Publication number: 20250051744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent compositions comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Morten GJERMANSEN, Klaus GORI, Henrik Marcus GEERTZ-HANSEN, Jesper SALOMON, Mary Ann STRINGER, Thomas Holberg BLICHER, Nikolaj SPODSBERG
  • Patent number: 12221637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having nuclease activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and recombinant host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing, recovering and using the polypeptides. The invention further relates to cleaning compositions comprising one or more of the polypeptides having nuclease activity, as well as a cleaning method and use of the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tianqi Sun, Jesper Salomon, Klaus Gori, Morten Gjermansen, Marc Dominique Morant, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Publication number: 20250043264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having nuclease activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and recombinant host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing, recovering and using the polypeptides. The invention further relates to cleaning compositions comprising one or more of the polypeptides having nuclease activity, as well as a cleaning method and use of the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tianqi SUN, Jesper Salomon, Klaus Gori, Morten Gjermansen, Marc Dominique Morant, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Publication number: 20240425833
    Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides having hydrolytic 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: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ming Li, Jesper Salomon, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Mary Ann Stringer, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Dorota Nissen, Wei Peng, Tianqi Sun
  • Patent number: 12110518
    Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides having hydrolytic 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: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Ming Li, Jesper Salomon, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Mary Ann Stringer, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Dorota Nissen, Wei Peng, Tianqi Sun
  • Publication number: 20240307885
    Abstract: The instant application provides methods to increase the total starch yield and/or gluten yield from corn kernels in a wet milling process, the method comprising admixing corn kernels or a fraction of the corn kernels with a Protein Disulfide Isomerase or Thioredoxin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Mary Ann Stringer, Madelyn Mallison Shoup, Bemardo Vidal, Wei Peng, Xiangyu Cai, Yi Cao
  • Publication number: 20240279572
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising and uses of polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading activity. The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading 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: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Salomon, Klaus Gori, Lorena González Palmén, Kenneth Jensen, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer, Kristian Bertel Roemer M. Krogh, Morten Gjermansen
  • Publication number: 20240276987
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for improving the rainfastness of proteins, such as enzymes and cell-signaling peptides, on plants and other surfaces that may be susceptible to infestation and/or infection by bacteria, fungi, etc. Particularly useful are rain fasteners selected from the group consisting of organo-modified siloxanes, such as polyether trisiloxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S
    Inventors: Callum Russell, Asbjoern Toftgaard Pedersen, Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Alexander Findelsen, Kate Sarah Brandon Sutton, Svend Gunna Kaasgaard, Ines Marques Nunes, Gregory Stephen Maloney, Casey Ruark-Seward, Mary Ann Stringer, Jason Quinlan, Sharon Inch
  • Patent number: 11993762
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising and uses of polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading activity. The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-mannan degrading 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: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Salomon, Klaus Gori, Lorena González Palmén, Kenneth Jensen, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer, Kristian Bertel Roemer M. Krogh, Morten Gjermansen
  • Publication number: 20240124805
    Abstract: The present invention concerns detergent compositions comprising a lipase with low malodor generation during lipid stain removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Iben Damager, Mary Ann Stringer, Kim Borch
  • Publication number: 20240117331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having pectinase 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 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Geoffrey Moxley, Mercy Wada, Monica Tassone, Mary Ann Stringer, Hong Zhi Huang, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Tianqi Sun, Sara Maria Landvik, James Lavigne, Cui Liu
  • Patent number: 11926852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity for use in, e.g., animal feed. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity, polypeptides having xylanase 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: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Wei Peng, Ninfa Rangel Pedersen, Dan Pettersson, Jens Magnus Eklof, Soren Nymand-Grarup, Lorena G. Palmen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer, Charlotte Blom, Lars Kiemer, Kristian Bertel Romer M. Krogh, Jesper Salomon
  • Publication number: 20240052329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Morten Gjermansen, Klaus Gori, Henrik Marcus Geertz-Hansen, Jesper Salomon, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer
  • Publication number: 20230357740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity for use in, e.g., animal feed. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity, polypeptides having xylanase 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: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Ninfa Rangel Pedersen, Dan Pettersson, Jens Magnus Eklof, Soeren Nymand-Grarup, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Wei Peng, Nikolaj Spodsberg, Mary Ann Stringer, Charlotte Blom, Lars Kiemer, Kristian Krogh, Jesper Salomon