Patents by Inventor René Mikkelsen
René Mikkelsen 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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Patent number: 9370193Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lipids in lipid-containing plant material, such as cereal bran for the generation of functional lipids. The present invention further relates to the preparation of compositions comprising such functional lipids as well as the use of these compositions comprising functional lipids and other functional compounds derived from the action of lipid modifying enzymes for the preparation of composition suitable for the preparation of bio-ethanol as well as food products, such as bread.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Jens Frisbaek Sørensen, René Mikkelsen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Karsten Matthias Kragh
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Publication number: 20150306522Abstract: The present invention concerns a gas-liquid separation system and a method for operating a gas-liquid separation the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Henrik Johan Tuvnes, René Mikkelsen, Haakon Ellingsen
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Patent number: 9045514Abstract: A method of preparing a compound of formula (I): wherein: a first group selected from R1, R2 and R3 is an amino- or N-acylamino monosaccharide moiety, the acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an oligosaccharide chain comprising 2 to 4 monosaccharide moieties, at least one of which is an amino- or N-acylamino monosaccharide moiety; a second group selected from R1, R2 and R3 is a alkanoyl and alkenoyl acyl group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms; and a third group selected from R1, R2 and R3 is hydrogen, the method comprising contacting a monoacylglycerol, the acyl moiety thereof being a saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, or an activated derivative thereof, with a source of amino- or N-acylamino monosaccharide moiety, or an activated derivative thereof, and, if required, a source of unsubstituted monosaccharide moiety, or an activated derivative thereof, optionally in the presence of a suitable catalyst or activating agent, is described.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApSInventors: Flemming Vang Sparsø, Karsten Matthias Kragh, Lars Wiebe, Rene Mikkelsen, Anne Katherine Kjærsgaard Laursen
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Publication number: 20140363877Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a process for treating a plant oil, comprising a step of contacting the oil with an enzyme, wherein the enzyme is capable of hydrolysing an a? or b? stereoisomer of chlorophyll or a chlorophyll derivative.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES, APSInventors: Jorn Borch Soe, Tina Lillan Jorgensen, Lene Lauridsen, Rene Mikkelsen, Janne Brunstedt
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Patent number: 8802398Abstract: A method of oxidizing a saccharide, by contacting the saccharide with an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) enzyme selected from a quinone redox cofactor-dependent ADH, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) redox cofactor-dependent ADH, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) redox cofactor-dependent ADH, and any combination thereof is described. An oxidized saccharide obtainable by the method and products, in particular food products and paper products, containing the oxidized saccharide, are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Biosciences ApsInventors: Jorn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Karsten Matthias Kragh, Rene Mikkelsen, Patrick Maria Franciscus Derkx, Shukun Yu, Harm Mulder, Igor Nikolaev
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Patent number: 8753859Abstract: This invention relates to polypeptides, more specifically amylase polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding these, and their uses e.g. as non-maltogenic exoamylases in producing food or feed products.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APSInventors: Karsten Matthias Kragh, Anja Hemmingsen Kellet-Smith, René Mikkelsen, Rie Mejldal, Rikke L. Bundgaard Jenner
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Publication number: 20130330804Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a process for treating a plant oil, comprising a step of contacting the oil with an enzyme, wherein the enzyme is capable of hydrolysing an a? or b? stereoisomer of chlorophyll or a chlorophyll derivative.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES, APSInventors: Jorn Borch Soe, Tina Lillan Jorgensen, Lene Lauridsen, Rene Mikkelsen, Janne Brunstedt
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Publication number: 20130085287Abstract: In one aspect the present invention provides a process for treating oil-containing seeds, comprising a step of contacting the seeds with an enzyme which is capable of hydrolysing chlorophyll or a chlorophyll derivative. Also provided are a method for obtaining oil from plant seeds and a process for producing a refined plant oil comprising such a treatment. Further provided are crude and refined plant oils obtainable from the processes and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Rene Mikkelsen, Tina Lilian Jorgensen, Jorn Borch Soe
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Publication number: 20130059036Abstract: In one aspect, provided herein is a process for refining a plant oil, comprising a step of contacting the oil with an enzyme which is capable of hydrolysing chlorophyll or a chlorophyll derivative, wherein the enzyme is contacted with the oil in the presence of at least 0.1% by weight phospholipid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Rene Mikkelsen, Tina Jørgensen, Jørn Borch Søe
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Publication number: 20130040328Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting a phytol-free chlorophyll derivative in a sample, comprising a step of detecting a fluorescent signal associated with the phytol-free chlorophyll derivative, wherein a fluorescent signal associated with chlorophyll or a phytol-containing chlorophyll derivative in the sample is quenched. The method may be used for quantifying activity of chlorophyllases and related enzymes in a sample without solvent fractionation of substrate and product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Rene Mikkelsen, Tina Jorgensen, Jorn Borch Soe
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Publication number: 20120315373Abstract: A method of preparing a compound of formula (I): wherein: a first group selected from R1, R2 and R3 is an amino- or N-acylamino monosaccharide moiety, the acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an oligosaccharide chain comprising 2 to 4 monosaccharide moieties, at least one of which is an amino- or N-acylamino monosaccharide moiety; a second group selected from R1, R2 and R3 is a saturated or unsaturated acyi group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms; and a third group selected from R1, R2 and R3 is hydrogen, the method comprising contacting a monoacylglycerol, the acyl moiety thereof being a saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, or an activated derivative thereof, with a source of amino- or N-acylamino monosaccharide moiety, or an activated derivative thereof, and, if required, a source of unsubstituted monosaccharide moiety, or an activated derivative thereof, optionally in the presence of a suitable catalyst or activating agent, is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Flemming Vang Sparsø, Karsten Matthias Kragh, Lars Wiebe, Rene Mikkelsen, Anne Katherine Kjærsgaard Laursen
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Publication number: 20120190075Abstract: This invention relates to polypeptides, more specifically amylase polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding these, and their uses e.g. as non-maltogenic exoamylases in producing food or feed products.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Karsten Matthias Kragh, Anja Hemmingsen Kellet-Smith, René Mikkelsen, Rie Mejldal, Rikke L. Bundgaard Jenner
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Publication number: 20120149927Abstract: The present invention provides methods and uses for treating pyropheophytin-containing compositions, particularly in order to remove pyropheophytin therefrom. The compositions are typically plant, algal, or bacterial derived products such as vegetable oils. The method comprises a step of contacting the compositions with an enzyme having pyropheophytinase activity. Also provided are related apparatus and products for performing such methods and uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Danisco A/SInventors: Jørn Borch Søe, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Masoud Rajabi Zargahi, Jens Frisbæ Sørensen, Tina Jørgensen, Janne Brunstedt, Rene Mikkelsen, Susan Mampusti
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Publication number: 20120058222Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an amylase and a lipolytic enzyme in combination to improve the stackability of bread, methods of preparing dough and baked products having a combination of such enzymes, as well as bread having particular bread stackability profiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Danisco A/SInventors: Bo Spange Sorensen, Inge Lise Povlsen, Rie Mejldal, Karsten Matthias Kragh, Anja Hemmingsen Kellett-Smith, Rene Mikkelsen, Rikke L. Bundgaard Jenner
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Publication number: 20120034343Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing color and/or unpleasant taste and/or malodor development in a composition comprising at plant material, such a ceral bran, in particular during solubilization processes of the plant material. The invention further relates to optimised methods of solubilization, wherein color and/or unpleasant taste and/or malodor development is controlled. Solubilised plant material, kit of parts, the use of such solubilised plant material, e.g. in food products or bioethanol are also encompassed by the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Danisco A/SInventors: René Mikkelsen, Jens Frisbæk Sørensen
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Publication number: 20120003690Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lipids in lipid-containing plant material, such as cereal bran for the generation of functional lipids. The present invention further relates to the preparation of compositions comprising such functional lipids as well as the use of these compositions comprising functional lipids and other functional compounds derived from the action of lipid modifying enzymes for the preparation of composition suitable for the preparation of bio-ethanol as well as food products, such as bread.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: Danisco A/SInventors: Jens Frisbaek Sorensen, René Mikkelsen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Karsten Matthias Kragh
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Publication number: 20110274786Abstract: The present invention relates to the solubilisation of cereal bran, for preparing compositions comprising soluble fractions of cereal bran and the use of these compositions comprising solubilised cereal bran for the preparation of food products, such as bread.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Danisco A/SInventors: Jens Frisbaek Sørensen, René Mikkelsen, Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Karsten Matthias Kragh
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Publication number: 20110236935Abstract: A method of oxidising a saccharide, by contacting the saccharide with an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) enzyme selected from a quinone redox cofactor-dependent ADH, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) redox cofactor-dependent ADH, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) redox cofactor-dependent ADH, and any combination thereof is described. An oxidised saccharide obtainable by the method and products, in particular food products and paper products, containing the oxidised saccharide, are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Karsten Matthias Kragh, Rene Mikkelsen, Patrick Maria Franciscus Derkx, Shukun Yu, Harm Mulder, Igor Nikolaev