Patents by Inventor Søren Kjærulff

Søren Kjærulff 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: 20240066078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising Lactobacillus crispatus LB714R, deposited under the accession number DSM 33732, Lactobacillus gasseri LB905R deposited under accession number DSM 34094, Lactobacillus crispatus LB912R deposited under accession number DSM 34095, Lactobacillus jensenii LB918R deposited under accession number DSM 34096, or Lactobacillus crispatus LB919R deposited under accession number DSM 34097.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Lactobio A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte VEDEL, Katja BILLEKOP OLSEN, Jens Edward TESDORPF, Søren KJÆRULFF, Helena Falholt ELVEBAKKEN
  • Publication number: 20240050493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising Pediococcus pentosaceus LB606R, deposited under the assession number DSM 33730; Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, LB679R, deposited under the assession number DSM 33731; or a combination hereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Lactobio A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte VEDEL, Katja BILLEKOP OLSEN, Jens Edward TESDORPF, Søren KJÆRULFF
  • Publication number: 20230398158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for improvement of a skin condition comprising a supernatant produced from fermentation of a bacteria wherein the supernatant comprises at least 3 metabolites produced by the bacteria during fermentation wherein the at least 3 metabolites include at least one of succinic acid, 2-Hydroxyisocaproic acid, azelaic acid and/or salicylic acid, 5 and wherein at least one of succinic acid, 2-Hydroxyisocaproic acid, azelaic acid, and/or salicylic acid is/are produced by fermentation of a lactic acid bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Lactobio A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte VEDEL, Katja Billekop OLSEN, Søren KJÆRULFF, Sigurd CHRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20230240309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for control of microbial development of an edible substance the composition comprises a supernatant comprising a bacteriocin produced from fermentation of a bacteriocin producing bacteria and an organic acid produced from fermentation of a bacteriocin producing bacteria, wherein organoleptic characteristics of the edible substance are not significantly altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Charlotte VEDEL, Ida Blomquist CHRISTENSEN, Søren KJAERULFF, Katja Billekop OLSEN, Sigurd CHRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20230067261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treatment or prevention of asthma, mild intermittent asthma, mild persistent asthma, moderate persistent asthma, severe persistent asthma, eosinophilic asthma, neutrophilic asthma, steroid refractory asthma, status asthmaticus, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, COPD, sarcoidosis, and lung cancer based on reducing airway hyper responsiveness, increasing pulmonary compliance, reducing lung inflammation, reducing inflammatory cell count in bronchoalveolar fluid and reducing cytokine production by administration of a mammalian ?- and/or ?-defensin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Nordkild, Søren Kjærulff
  • Patent number: 11413328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treatment or prevention of asthma, mild intermittent asthma, mild persistent asthma, moderate persistent asthma, severe persistent asthma, eosinophilic asthma, neutrophilic asthma, steroid refractory asthma, status asthmaticus, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, COPD, sarcoidosis, and lung cancer based on reducing airway hyper responsiveness, increasing pulmonary compliance, reducing lung inflammation, reducing inflammatory cell count in bronchoalveolar fluid and reducing cytokine production by administration of a mammalian ?- and/or ?-defensin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Nordkild, Søren Kjærulff
  • Publication number: 20220118061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial lysozyme, compositions comprising such and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Kjaerulff, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Nanna Ny Kristensen
  • Publication number: 20220023361
    Abstract: A composition comprises: (i) at least one fermented seaweed material; (ii) at least one fermented plant material: or (iii) a combination of at least one fermented seaweed material and at least one fermented plant material; and at least one lactic acid bacterial strain, for treating, alleviating, suppressing and/or preventing growth of a resistant organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Søren Kjærulff
  • Publication number: 20220015998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microcapsule comprising a fat-based coating surrounding a composition providing an encapsulated composition, the encapsulated composition comprising a viable microorganism, and a water content below 5% (w/w).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Lactobio A/S
    Inventors: Charlotte Vedel, Ida Blomquist Jørgensen, Søren Kjærulff
  • Publication number: 20220000948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one lactic acid bacterium for use in decreasing the transfer of a pathogenic microorganism between a surface of a first subject and a surface of a second subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Charlotte Vedel, Ida Blomquist Jørgensen, Søren Kjærulff
  • Publication number: 20210371886
    Abstract: A process controlling development of at least two predetermined metabolites in a fermented product comprising at least one plant material and/or at least one seaweed material, the process comprising the steps of: (i) Determining the at least 2 predetermined metabolites to be developed in the fermented product; (ii) Based on the predetermined metabolites determined in step (i) selecting at least one plant material and/or the at least one seaweed material; (iii) Based on the predetermined metabolites determined in step (i) selecting at least one fermenting organism; (iv) Mixing the at least one plant material and/or the at least one seaweed material selected in step (ii) with the at least one fermenting organism selected in step (iii) in a fermentation reactor providing a fermentation mixture; (v) Allowing the fermentation mixture to ferment under fermentation conditions favoring development of the at least two predetermined metabolites; whereby the fermented product is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Søren Kjærulff
  • Patent number: 11179447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial lysozyme, compositions comprising such and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Kjaerulff, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Nanna Ny Kristensen
  • Publication number: 20210307359
    Abstract: An animal feed product comprising a basic feed compound and a fermented ingredient, wherein the fermented ingredient comprising one or more health-enhancing microorganism and at least one fermented seaweed material; at least one fermented plant material; or a combination of at least one fermented seaweed material and at least one fermented plant material; and wherein the animal feed product comprises a reduced content or no medicinal zinc (Zn) and the fermented ingredient is a dried fermented ingredient, and wherein a range of 20-80% (w/w) of the dry fermented ingredient has a particle size below 0.5 mm (preferably in the range of 0.01-0.5 mm), and wherein 20-80% (w/w) of the dry fermented ingredient comprises a particle size above 0.5 mm (preferably in the range of 0.5-1.0 mm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jens Høffner Legarth, Søren Kjærulff
  • Publication number: 20210228661
    Abstract: An anti-parasitic composition is provided that includes at least one seaweed material, at least one plant material, or a combination of at least one seaweed material and at least one plant material, for inhibiting, reducing, and/or suppressing growth of at least one parasite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jens Høffner Legarth, Søren Kjærulff
  • Publication number: 20210177028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a human food comprising a basic food product and an ingredient, wherein the ingredient comprising one or more health-enhancing microorganism and a combination of at least one fermented seaweed material and at least one fermented plant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Søren Kjærulff
  • Patent number: 11022539
    Abstract: The current invention relates to the task of masking, i.e. determination of boundaries in an image of biological particles and/or elements or parts of biological particles in image cytometry. Methods for masking of a biological particle or element or region of a biological particle in a sample are provided which include staining a first element or region of the biological particle with a first fluorescent dye, staining a second element or region of the biological particle with a second fluorescent dye, recording an image of the fluorescent light signal emitted from the sample, and determining boundaries of the biological particle or element or region of the biological particle based on the fluorescent light signal in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ChemoMetec A/S
    Inventors: Rune Troelsgaard Pedersen, Søren Kjærulff
  • Patent number: 10921234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for image cytometry analysis, typically at low optical magnification, where analysis is based on detection of biological particles using UV bright field and optionally one or more sources of excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CHEMOMETEC A/S
    Inventors: Martin Glensbjerg, Johan Holm, Søren Kjærulff, Frans Ejner Ravn Hansen
  • Patent number: 10697884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for image cytometry analysis, in particular using light sources to be cooled. Thereby is provided optimal light conditions for image cytometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ChemoMetec A/S
    Inventors: Martin Glensbjerg, Johan Holm, Søren Kjaerulff, Frans Ejner Ravn Hansen
  • Publication number: 20190369003
    Abstract: The current invention relates to the task of masking, i.e. determination of boundaries in an image of biological particles and/or elements or parts of biological particles in image cytometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Rune Troelsgaard Pedersen, Søren Kjærulff
  • Publication number: 20190351032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial lysozyme, compositions comprising such and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Kjaerulff, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Nanna Ny Kristensen