Patents by Inventor Michael Skjoet

Michael Skjoet 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: 20130040342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing phytase variants has at least 70% identity to a phytase derived from Buttiauxella and comprises at least one additional disulfide bond as compared to this phytase. These phytase variants have modified, preferably improved, properties, such as thermostability, temperature profile, pH profile, specific activity, performance in animal feed, reduced protease sensitiliby, and/or an modified glycosylation pattern. The invention also relates to the variants produced, DNA encoding these phytases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof, e.g. in animal feed and animal feed additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Lars Kobberoee Skov, Michael Skjoet
  • Publication number: 20130017185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phytase which has at least 70% identity to a phytase derived from E. coli and comprises at least one modification as compared to this phytase. These phytase variants have modified, preferably improved, properties, such as thermostability, temperature profile, pH profile, specific activity, performance in animal feed, reduced protease sensibility, and/or an modified glycosylation pattern. The invention also relates to DNA encoding these phytases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof, e.g. in animal feed and animal feed additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Lars Kobberoee Skov, Michael Skjoet
  • Publication number: 20130000055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising variants of an alpha-amylase and methods of treating surfaces such as textiles with aqueous liquor comprising such compositions, especially at low temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Michelle Jackson, Philip Frank Souter, Lindsay Suzanne Bewick, Svend Kaasgaard, Jens Oebro, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Michael Skjoet, Carsten Andersen, Lars Beier, Esben Peter Friis, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Liv Spaangner Christiansen
  • Publication number: 20120308543
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical use of lipases related to the Thermomyces lanuginosus (Humicola lanuginosa) lipase comprising amino acids 1-269 of SEQ ID NO: 2, optionally in combination with a protease and/or an amylase. Examples of medical indications are: Treatment of digestive disorders, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI), pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, diabetes type I, and/or diabetes type II. The lipases of the invention have, e.g., an improved digestion performance in vitro, an improved activity at a pH in the neutral range, an improved stability at low pH, an are stable against protease-degradation, and/or are stable in the presence of pepsin and bile salts. The invention also relates to methods of determining digestion performance in vitro of lipases, as well as to certain novel variants of the lipase of T. lanuginosus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Michael Skjoet, Deborah Yaver, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Nina Lundin, Michael Lamsa, Peter Colin Gregory
  • Patent number: 8273348
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical use of lipases related to the Thermomyces lanuginosus (Humicola lanuginosa) lipase comprising amino acids 1-269 of SEQ ID NO: 2, optionally in combination with a protease and/or an amylase. Examples of medical indications are: Treatment of digestive disorders, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI), pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, diabetes type I, and/or diabetes type II. The lipases of the invention have, e.g., an improved digestion performance in vitro, an improved activity at a pH in the neutral range, an improved stability at low pH, an are stable against protease-degradation, and/or are stable in the presence of pepsin and bile salts. The invention also relates to methods of determining digestion performance in vitro of lipases, as well as to certain novel variants of the lipase of T. lanuginosus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Michael Skjoet, Debbie Yaver, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Nina Lundin, Michael Lamsa, Peter Colin Gregory
  • Patent number: 8202831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a variant of a parent xyloglucanase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Joseph Lant, Werner Besenmatter, Esben Peter Friis, Keith Gibson, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjøt
  • 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: 20110195481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of an alpha-amylase having improved stability to chelating agents relative to its parent enzyme, compositions comprising the variants, nucleic acids encoding the variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods for using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank W. Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jens Oebro, Svend Kaasgaard, Lars Beier
  • Publication number: 20110092409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent xyloglucanase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variant xyloglucanases and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Werner Besenmatter, Esben Peter Friis, Keith Gibson, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Michael Skjoet
  • Publication number: 20100034797
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical use of lipases related to the Thermomyces lanuginosus (Humicola lanuginosa) lipase comprising amino acids 1-269 of SEQ ID NO: 2, optionally in combination with a protease and/or an amylase. Examples of medical indications are: Treatment of digestive disorders, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI), pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, diabetes type I, and/or diabetes type II. The lipases of the invention have, e.g., an improved digestion performance in vitro, an improved activity at a pH in the neutral range, an improved stability at low pH, an are stable against protease-degradation, and/or are stable in the presence of pepsin and bile salts. The invention also relates to methods of determining digestion performance in vitro of lipases, as well as to certain novel variants of the lipase of T. lanuginosus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes, Inc., Solvay Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Michael Skjoet, Deborah Yaver, Lars Lehman Hylling Christensen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Nina Lundin, Michael Lamsa, Peter Colin Gregory