Patents by Inventor Peter Rahbek

Peter Rahbek 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).

  • Polypeptides Having Protease Activity
    Publication number: 20140295027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides in e.g. animal feed and detergents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Sjoeholm, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Tine Hoff, Katrine Pontoppidan, Robert Piotr Olinski
  • Protease Variants
    Publication number: 20140255550
    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: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Lehmann Hyllling Christensen, Soren Flensted Lassen, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard
  • Polypeptides Having Protease Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20140227738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jeppe Wegener Tams, Tine Hoff, Morten Gjermansen, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Robert Piotr Olinski, Katrine Pontoppidan, Carsten Sjoeholm
  • Protease variants
    Patent number: 8772011
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Soren Flensted Lassen, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard
  • Process for Preparing A Baked Product with Anti-Staling Amylase and Peptidase
    Publication number: 20140147553
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes for preparing dough which comprises at least one anti-staling amylase and at least one peptidase. In addition, the present invention provides baked products produced there from which have a desirable degree of softness and improved springiness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lundkvist, Merete Moller Engelsen, Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard
  • Detergent Compositions Comprising Metalloproteases
    Publication number: 20140038270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of Thermolysin-Like Metalloproteases in cleaning processes, such as laundry and dish wash, and in particular to the use in low temperature wash and in removal of egg stains. The invention also relates to detergent compositions and cleaning compositions comprising Thermolysin-Like Metalloproteases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Astrid Benie, Preben Nielsen
  • Detergent Compositions Comprising Mettaloproteases
    Publication number: 20140038876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of M7 or M35 Metalloproteases in cleaning processes, such as laundry and dish wash. The invention also relates to detergent compositions and cleaning compositions comprising M7 or M35 Metalloproteases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Rahbek Østergaard, Esben Peter Friis, Astrid Benie, Tine Hoff, Lan Tang, Wenping Wu
  • Detergent Compositions Comprising Metalloproteases
    Publication number: 20140024103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning and/or detergent compositions comprising metalloproteases (E.C 3.4.24). The invention further concerns the use of the metalloproteases in cleaning processes, such as dish wash and laundry, and in particular to the use in low temperature wash and in removal of egg stains. Further the invention concerns methods of doing cleaning, such as dish wash and laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Astrid Benie, Jürgen Carsten Franz Knötzel, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Peter Rahbek Østergaard, Esben Peter Friis
  • Nuclease Reduction
    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
  • BREWING METHOD
    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
  • Polypeptides Having Endopeptidase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    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
  • Nuclease reduction
    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
  • Process of Producing A Fermentation Product
    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
  • Dehairing of Skins and Hides
    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
  • Protease variants
    Patent number: 8377677
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Soren Flensted Lassen, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard
  • Proteases
    Patent number: 8357408
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soren Flensted Lassen, Carsten Sjoholm, Peter Rahbek Ostergaard, Morten Fischer
  • Proteases
    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
  • Proteases
    Publication number: 20120321746
    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 Ostergaard, Morten Fischer
  • Polypeptides and Nucleic Acids Encoding Same
    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
  • BREWING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120058219
    Abstract: A method of brewing a beer comprising contacting a mash during lautering, and/or a wort after lautering but before wort boiling, with a thermostable protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Stefan Kreisz, Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Peter Rahbek, Anne Mette Frederiksen, Lone Baekgaard