Patents by Inventor Peter Rahbek Oestergaard

Peter Rahbek Oestergaard 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: 20140011254
    Abstract: A method for reducing nuclease activity in a subtilisin solution obtained from a fermentation broth comprising a) adjusting the pH of the subtilisin solution to a pH in the range of from pH 8.5 to pH 10.5; b) adding a polyol; c) adjusting the temperature of the subtilisin solution to a temperature in the range of from 50° C. to 80° C.; whereby the nuclease activity is reduced to less than 5% of the initial value and the subtilisin activity is maintained at more than 80% of the initial value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Kim Uhre Hansen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Publication number: 20130280375
    Abstract: A method of improving colloidal stability in beer comprising contacting a mash and/or a wort with a snapalysin during the production of beer. In this process, the foam stability is not affected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S, NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Stefan Kreisz, Lone Baekgaard, Anne Mette Bhatia Frederiksen, Tine Hoff, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Ole Olsen, Ulf Olsson
  • Publication number: 20130273203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having endopeptidase activity and to methods of producing and using the polypeptides. The invention also relates to methods of making a food protein hydrolysate using a trypsin-like endopeptidase derived from a bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Carsten P. Sonksen, Tine Hoff, Gitte B. Lynglev
  • Patent number: 8557553
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for reducing nuclease activity in a subtilisin solution obtained from a fermentation broth including: a) adjusting the pH of the subtilisin solution to a pH in the range of from pH 8.5 to pH 10.5; b) adding a polyol; and c) adjusting the temperature of the subtilisin solution to a temperature in the range of from 50° C. to 80° C. In accordance with the present disclosure, the nuclease activity is reduced to less than 5% of the initial value and the subtilisin activity is maintained at more than 60% of the initial value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Kim Uhre Hansen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Publication number: 20130157307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more deamidases are present in the fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Shiro Fukuyama, Allan Noergaard, Preben Nielsen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Publication number: 20130102058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the processing of hides or skins into leather, comprising enzymatic treatment of the hide or skin with carbohydrase in the soaking step. The present invention can achieve optimal fiber opening results in a relatively short period of time and at the same time does not cause loose grain, and meanwhile the pollution or impact on the environment is reduced in a maximum way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Niels Henrik Soerensen, Tine Hoff, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Pierre Cassland
  • Publication number: 20120321747
    Abstract: Proteases derived from Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei DSM 43235, Nocardiopsis prasina DSM 15649, Nocardiopsis prasina (previously alba) DSM 14010 Nocardiopsis sp. DSM 16424, Nocardiopsis alkaliphila DSM 44657 and Nocardiopsis lucentensis DSM 44048, as well as homologous proteases; their recombinant production in various hosts, including transgenic plants and non-human animals, and their use in animal feed and detergents. The proteases are acid-stable, alkali-stable, and/or thermostable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Soren Flensted Lassen, Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Morten Fischer
  • Publication number: 20120295000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides, as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides in animal feed. An example of a polypeptide of the invention is the so-called L12 protein from Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 14580 which improves the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) and/or acts as a gut microflora modulator. The invention furthermore relates to the probiotic use of strains of Bacillus which produce proteins related to L12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Lene Nonboe Anderson, Aurelia Séon, Carlos Simönes-Nunes, Anna-Maria Klünter, Leonardo De Maria, Bjorn Eggert Christensen
  • Patent number: 8067238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acid-stable proteases homologous to those derived from strains of the genus Nocardiopsis, their use in animal feed, feed-additives and feed compositions containing such proteases, and methods for the treatment of vegetable proteins using such proteases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets BV
    Inventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Publication number: 20110165305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a protein hydrolysate. The invention further relates to a protein hydrolysate produced using the method, and to food products comprising such protein hydrolysate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Solae LLC
    Inventors: Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Lars Lehmann Hilling Christensen, Tine Hoff, Daniel U. Staerk, Theodore M. Wong, Phillip s. Kerr
  • Publication number: 20110124084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel class of serine proteases of peptidase family S2A or S1E that are stable in the presence of copper (Cu2+) and/or inhibited by copper only to a limited extent. Structural features of potential relevance for this effect are also disclosed. This class of proteases includes proteases derived from Brachysporiella gayana, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei, Nocardiopsis prasina, and Nocardiopsis alba, but excludes the known proteases derived from Metarhizium anisopliae and Nocardiopsis sp. NRRL 18262. The invention also relates to DNA encoding such proteases, the expression thereof in a host cell, including animal and plant cells, as well as to the use thereof, e.g., in animal feed and in detergents. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed and animal feed additives, such as premix, incorporating these proteases together with 1-500 ppm Cu (in-feed-concentration).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria
  • Publication number: 20110097445
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel 3D structure encoding a Nocardiopsis protease, as well as to variants of parent protease homologous to Nocardiopsis proteases, preferably of improved thermostability and/or with an amended temperature activity profile. The invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding such variants, their production in a recombinant host cell, as well as methods of using the variants, in particular within the field of animal feed and detergents. The invention furthermore relates to methods of generating and preparing protease variants of amended properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Søren Flensted Lassen, Peter Rahbek Østergaard
  • Patent number: 7906310
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel class of serine proteases of peptidase family S2A or S1E that are stable in the presence of copper (Cu2+) and/or inhibited by copper only to a limited extent. Structural features of potential relevance for this effect are also disclosed. This class of proteases includes proteases derived from Brachysporiella gayana, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei, Nocardiopsis prasina, and Nocardiopsis alba, but excludes the known proteases derived from Metarhizium anisopliae and Nocardiopsis sp. NRRL 18262. The invention also relates to DNA encoding such proteases, the expression thereof in a host cell, including animal and plant cells, as well as to the use thereof, e.g., in animal feed and in detergents. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed and animal feed additives, such as premix, incorporating these proteases together with 1-500 ppm Cu (in-feed-concentration).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria
  • Publication number: 20100285171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides, as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides in animal feed. An example of a polypeptide of the invention is the so-called L12 protein from Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 14580 which improves the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) and/or acts as a gut microflora modulator. The invention furthermore relates to the probiotic use of strains of Bacillus which produce proteins related to L12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: PETER RAHBEK OESTERGAARD, LENE NONBOE ANDERSEN, AURELIA SEON, CARLOS SIMOES-NUNES, ANNA-MARIA KLÜNTER, LEONARDO DE MARIA, BJOERN EGGERT CHRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20100255153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzymatic process for making a milk-based protein hydrolysate and use of such hydrolysate, e.g., in an infant formula composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Steffen Ernst, Gitte B. Lynglev
  • Publication number: 20100081168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acid-stable proteases homologous to those derived from strains of the genus Nocardiopsis, their use in animal feed, feed-additives and feed compositions containing such proteases, and methods for the treatment of vegetable proteins using such proteases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Patent number: 7658965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acid-stable proteases homologous to those derived from strains of the genus Nocardiopsis, their use in animal feed, feed-additives and feed compositions containing such proteases, and methods for the treatment of vegetable proteins using such proteases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: DSM Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
  • Patent number: 7608444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acid-stable proteases of the subtilisin family, their use in animal feed, feed-additives and feed compositions containing such proteases, and methods for the treatment of vegetable proteins using such proteases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Carsten Sjoeholm, Anna-Marie Kluenter
  • Publication number: 20090238922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel class of serine proteases of peptidase family S2A or S1E that are stable in the presence of copper (Cu2+) and/or inhibited by copper only to a limited extent. Structural features of potential relevance for this effect are also disclosed. This class of proteases includes proteases derived from Brachysporiella gayana, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei, Nocardiopsis prasina, and Nocardiopsis alba, but excludes the known proteases derived from Metarhizium anisopliae and Nocardiopsis sp. NRRL 18262. The invention also relates to DNA encoding such proteases, the expression thereof in a host cell, including animal and plant cells, as well as to the use thereof, e.g., in animal feed and in detergents. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed and animal feed additives, such as premix, incorporating these proteases together with 1-500 ppm Cu (in-feed-concentration).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria
  • Patent number: 7588926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel class of serine proteases of peptidase family S2A or S1E that are stable in the presence of copper (Cu2+) and/or inhibited by copper only to a limited extent. Structural features of potential relevance for this effect are also disclosed. This class of proteases includes proteases derived from Brachysporiella gayana, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei, Nocardiopsis prasina, and Nocardiopsis alba. The invention also relates to DNA encoding such proteases and the expression thereof in a host cell, animal and plant cells, as well as to the use thereof in animal feed and in detergents. In particular, the invention relates to animal feed and animal feed additives, such as premix, incorporating these proteases together with 1-500 ppm Cu (in-feed-concentration).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria