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).
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Publication number: 20140011254Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Kim Uhre Hansen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
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Publication number: 20130280375Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicants: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S, NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Stefan Kreisz, Lone Baekgaard, Anne Mette Bhatia Frederiksen, Tine Hoff, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Ole Olsen, Ulf Olsson
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Publication number: 20130273203Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Carsten P. Sonksen, Tine Hoff, Gitte B. Lynglev
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Patent number: 8557553Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Kim Uhre Hansen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
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Publication number: 20130157307Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Chee-Leong Soong, Shiro Fukuyama, Allan Noergaard, Preben Nielsen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
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Publication number: 20130102058Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Niels Henrik Soerensen, Tine Hoff, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Pierre Cassland
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Publication number: 20120321747Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Soren Flensted Lassen, Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Morten Fischer
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Publication number: 20120295000Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Lene Nonboe Anderson, Aurelia Séon, Carlos Simönes-Nunes, Anna-Maria Klünter, Leonardo De Maria, Bjorn Eggert Christensen
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Patent number: 8067238Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: DSM IP Assets BVInventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
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Publication number: 20110165305Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Solae LLCInventors: Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Lars Lehmann Hilling Christensen, Tine Hoff, Daniel U. Staerk, Theodore M. Wong, Phillip s. Kerr
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Publication number: 20110124084Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria
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Publication number: 20110097445Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2011Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Søren Flensted Lassen, Peter Rahbek Østergaard
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Patent number: 7906310Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria
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Publication number: 20100285171Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: PETER RAHBEK OESTERGAARD, LENE NONBOE ANDERSEN, AURELIA SEON, CARLOS SIMOES-NUNES, ANNA-MARIA KLÜNTER, LEONARDO DE MARIA, BJOERN EGGERT CHRISTENSEN
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Publication number: 20100255153Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Steffen Ernst, Gitte B. Lynglev
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Publication number: 20100081168Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
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Patent number: 7658965Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: DSM Assets B.V.Inventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard
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Patent number: 7608444Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Carsten Sjoeholm, Anna-Marie Kluenter
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Publication number: 20090238922Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Novozymes A/SInventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria
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Patent number: 7588926Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Leonardo De Maria