Patents by Inventor Mira Povelainen

Mira Povelainen 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).

  • Lipolytic enzyme: uses thereof in the food industry
    Patent number: 8889371
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the use of a lipolytic enzyme obtainable from one of the following genera: Streptomyces, Corynebacterium and Thermobifida in various methods and uses, wherein the lipolytic enzyme hydrolyzes a glycolipid or a phospholipid or transfers an acyl group from a glycolipid or phospholipids to an acyl acceptor. The present invention also relates to a lipolytic enzyme that hydrolyzes at least a galactolipid or transfers an acyl group from a galactolipid to one or more acyl acceptor substrates, wherein the enzyme is obtainable from Corynebacterium species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Jørn Borch Søe, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Mira Povelainen, Virve Pitkanen
  • Lipolytic enzyme uses thereof in the food industry
    Patent number: 8535900
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the use of a lipolytic enzyme obtainable from one of the following genera: Streptomyces, Corynebacterium and Thermobifida in various methods and uses, wherein the lipolytic enzyme hydrolyzes a glycolipid or a phospholipid or transfers an acyl group from a glycolipid or phospholipids to an acyl acceptor. The present invention also relates to a lipolytic enzyme that hydrolyzes at least a galactolipid or transfers an acyl group from a galactolipid to one or more acyl acceptor substrates, wherein the enzyme is obtainable from Corynebacterium species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Jørn Borch Søe, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Mira Povelainen, Virve Pitkanen
  • LIPOLYTIC ENZYME: USES THEREOF IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
    Publication number: 20110086131
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the use of a lipolytic enzyme obtainable from one of the following genera: Streptomyces, Corynebacterium and Thermobifida in various methods and uses, wherein the lipolytic enzyme hydrolyzes a glycolipid or a phospholipid or transfers an acyl group from a glycolipid or phospholipids to an acyl acceptor. The present invention also relates to a lipolytic enzyme that hydrolyzes at least a galactolipid or transfers an acyl group from a galactolipid to one or more acyl acceptor substrates, wherein the enzyme is obtainable from Corynebacterium species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Jørn Borch Søe, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Mira Povelainen, Virve Pitkanen
  • LIPOLYTIC ENZYME USES THEREOF IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
    Publication number: 20110014317
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the use of a lipolytic enzyme obtainable from one of the following genera: Streptomyces, Corynebacterium and Thermobifida in various methods and uses, wherein the lipolytic enzyme hydrolyzes a glycolipid or a phospholipid or transfers an acyl group from a glycolipid or phospholipids to an acyl acceptor. The present invention also relates to a lipolytic enzyme that hydrolyzes at least a galactolipid or transfers an acyl group from a galactolipid to one or more acyl acceptor substrates, wherein the enzyme is obtainable from Corynebacterium species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Andrei MIASNIKOV, Jørn Borch Søe, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Mira Povelainen, Virve Pitkanen
  • Lipolytic enzyme: uses thereof in the food industry
    Patent number: 7666618
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the use of a lipolytic enzyme obtainable from one of the following genera: Streptomyces, Corynebacterium and Thermobifida in various methods and uses, wherein the lipolytic enzyme hydrolyzes a glycolipid or a phospholipid or transferring an acyl group from a glycolipid or phospholipids to an acyl acceptor. The present invention also relates to a lipolytic enzyme that hydrolyzes at least a galactolipid or transfers an acyl group from a galactolipid to one or more acyl acceptor substrates, wherein the enzyme is obtainable from Streptomyces species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Danisco A/S
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Jørn Borch Søe, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Mira Povelainen, Virve Pitkanen
  • LIPOLYTIC ENZYME: USES THEREOF IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
    Publication number: 20080131936
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the use of a lipolytic enzyme obtainable from one of the following genera: Streptomyces, Corynebacterium and Thermobifida in various methods and uses, wherein said lipolytic enzyme is capable of hydrolysing a glycolipid or a phospholipid or transferring an acyl group from a glycolipid or phospholipids to an acyl acceptor. Preferably, the lipolytic enzyme for use in these methods and uses comprises an amino acid sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14 or 16 or an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity therewith or comprises a nucleotide sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3, 6, 9, 13, 15 or 17 or a nucleotide sequence which has at least 70% identity therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Jorn Soe, Jorn Mikkelsen, Mira Povelainen, Virve Pitkanen
  • Manufacture of Five-Carbon Sugars and Sugar Alcohols
    Publication number: 20080038779
    Abstract: The invention relates to the methods of manufacturing five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols as well as other compounds derived from pentose-phosphate pathway from readily available substrates such a hexoses using metabolically engineered microbial hosts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Heikki Ojamo, Mira Povelainen, Hakan Gros, Mervi Toivari, Peter Richard, Laura Ruohonen, Kari Koivuranta, John Londesborough, Aristos Aristidou, Merja Penttila, Claire Plazanet-Menut, Josef Deutscher
  • Manufacture of five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols
    Patent number: 7226761
    Abstract: The invention relates to the methods of manufacturing five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols as well as other compounds derived from pentose-phosphate pathway from readily available substrates such a hexoses using metabolically engineered microbial hosts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Danisco Sweeteners Oy
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Heikki Ojamo, Mira Povelainen, Hakan Gros, Mervi Toivari, Peter Richard, Laura Ruohonen, Kari Koivuranta, John Londesborough, Aristos Aristidou, Merja Penttila, Claire Plazanet-Menut, Josef Deutscher
  • Manufacture of five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols
    Publication number: 20030068791
    Abstract: The invention relates to the methods of manufacturing five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols as well as other compounds derived from pentose-phosphate pathway from readily available substrates such a hexoses using metabolically engineered microbial hosts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Xyrofin Oy
    Inventors: Andrei Miasnikov, Heikki Ojamo, Mira Povelainen, Hakan Gros, Mervi Toivari, Peter Richard, Laura Ruohonen, Kari Koivuranta, John Londesborough, Aristos Aristidou, Merja Penttila, Claire Plazanet-Menut, Josef Deutscher