Patents by Inventor Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro

Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro 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).

  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SLIME IN A PULP OR PAPER MAKING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230212822
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of pulp or paper making. More specifically the present invention relates to a method of preventing a build-up of slime or removing slime from a surface contacted with water from a pulp or paper making process. The present invention can control slime in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro, Anne Marie Scharff-Poulsen, Kasper Bay Tingsted
  • METHOD FOR TREATING DISSOLVING PULP
    Publication number: 20210207321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment of dissolving pulp with a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase. The lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase treatment results in reduced viscosity and/or improved viscosity control in the dissolving pulp production process and/or 5 increased reactivity of the dissolving pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro, Anne Marie Scharff-Poulsen, Morten Tovborg
  • Enzymatic process combined with hot caustic extraction for the removal of hemicelluloses from paper-grade pulp
    Patent number: 10584442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the removal of hemicelluloses from paper-grade alkaline pulp thereby upgrading the pulp e.g. into dissolving-grade pulp using a combination of enzyme treatment, hot caustic extraction and optionally one or more bleaching steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lund, Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro, Jaroslav Slavik
  • Methods for reducing content of hexenuronic acids in cellulosic pulp
    Patent number: 10570562
    Abstract: The present invention provides an enzymatic method for reducing the content of hexenuronic acids in a chemical cellulosic pulp and/or improvement of the brightness of cellulosic pulp using haloperoxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lund, Klaus Skaalum Lassen, Bjoern Lennart Pierre Alexander Cassland, Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro
  • Use of Cellulase to improve Viscosity Control of Dissolving Pulp
    Publication number: 20190257031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment of unbleached or partially bleached or alkaline extracted dissolving pulp with one or more cellulases. The cellulase treatment results in increased viscosity control, reduced viscosity and/or increased reactivity of the final dissolving pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Pedro Emanuel Garcia-Loureiro, Henrik Lund
  • REDUCING CONTENT OF HEXENURONIC ACIDS IN CELLULOSIC PULP
    Publication number: 20180230649
    Abstract: The present invention provides an enzymatic method for reducing the content of hexenuronic acids in a chemical cellulosic pulp and/or improvement of the brightness of cellulosic pulp using haloperoxidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lund, Klaus Skaalum Lassen, Bjoern Lennart Pierre Alexander Cassland, Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro
  • Reducing content of hexenuronic acids in cellulosic pulp
    Patent number: 9970157
    Abstract: The present invention provides an enzymatic method for reducing the content of hexenuronic acids in a chemical cellulosic pulp and/or improvement of the brightness of cellulosic pulp using haloperoxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lund, Klaus Skaalum Lassen, Bjoern Lennart Pierre Alexander Cassland, Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro
  • ENZYMATIC PROCESS COMBINED WITH HOT CAUSTIC EXTRACTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF HEMICELLULOSES FROM PAPER-GRADE PULP
    Publication number: 20170350072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the removal of hemicelluloses from paper-grade alkaline pulp thereby upgrading the pulp e.g. into dissolving-grade pulp using a combination of enzyme treatment, hot caustic extraction and optionally one or more bleaching steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lund, Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro, Jaroslav Slavik
  • REDUCING CONTENT OF HEXENURONIC ACIDS IN CELLULOSIC PULP
    Publication number: 20160177503
    Abstract: The improvement invention provides an enzymatic method for reducing the content of hexenuronic acids in a chemical cellulosic pulp and/or improvement of the brightness of cellulosic pulp using haloperoxidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lund, Klaus Skaalum Lassen, Bjoern Lennart Pierre Alexander Cassland, Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro