Patents by Inventor Timothy O'Connell

Timothy O'Connell 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: 20180127687
    Abstract: A laccase is provided herein. The laccase includes an amino acid sequence which is at least about 70% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1, over the entire length thereof. A detergent is also provided herein. The detergent includes the at least one laccase. A method for washing textiles in aqueous solutions is also provided herein. The aqueous solutions include surfactants. The method includes utilizing a solution which includes surfactant and the at least one laccase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nina Mussmann, Timothy O'Connell, Daniela Herbst, Inken Prueser, Ralf G. Berger, Diana Linke, Christoph Behrens
  • Patent number: 9957502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule for use in a method for the production of a nucleic acid, whereby the nucleic acid molecule comprises a part A and a part B, whereby part A comprises a sequence, which corresponds at least to a partial sequence of the recognition site of a type IIS restriction enzyme, and part B comprises an arbitrary but defined sequence of nucleotides. By using such nucleic acid molecules it is possible to assemble different fragments in a sequence-independent manner and thus conduct the synthesis of a nucleic acid with recourse to standardized elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SLONING BIOTECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Octavian Schatz, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20180023069
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to proteases, the amino acid sequence of which has been modified in particular with regard to the use thereof in detergents and cleaning agents, all sufficiently similar proteases having a corresponding modification and nucleic acids coding for them. The disclosure further relates to methods and uses of said proteases and to agents containing them, in particular detergents and cleaning agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Brian Laufs, Ayhan Aydemir, Claudia Lindner
  • Publication number: 20170349862
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the use of inorganic oxides, hydroxides or oxyhydroxides in enzyme-containing detergents or cleaning agents in order to increase enzyme stability as well as to an enzyme-containing detergent or cleaning agent, in particular a liquid detergent or cleaning agent having greater enzyme stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hendrik Hellmuth, Claudia Lindner, Timothy O'Connell, Christian Kropf, Christian Umbreit
  • Publication number: 20170349861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detergent compositions comprising subtilase variants exhibiting improved stability and/or improved wash performance in liquid detergent and methods for obtaining such detergent compositions. The variants are suitable for use in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Astrid Munch, Mikael Bauer, Bena-Marie Lue
  • Publication number: 20170349860
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detergents and cleaning agents comprising at least one protease and at least one organic compound of the formula (I) which acts as a protease inhibitor and therefore is a suitable enzyme stabilizer, and to the use of said compounds as enzyme stabilizers in protease-containing detergents and cleaning agents. The present disclosure also relates to the corresponding washing and cleaning methods and to the use of the detergents and cleaning agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Nina Mussmann, Daniela Herbst, Inken Prueser, Thomas Weber
  • Publication number: 20170342348
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to detergents and cleaning agents containing a combination of protease and amylase, the amino acid sequence of which has been modified specifically for use in detergents and cleaning agents. The disclosure further relates to methods and uses of said detergents and cleaning agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marouane Antir, Sabine Schuemann, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Martina Seiler, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20170321152
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid washing agents having a pH value of <6.5, preferably in the range of 2 to 5, containing, based on the total weight of the liquid washing agent, (i) 5 to 30% by weight, preferably 10 to 30% by weight, in particular 15 to 25% by weight of at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, (ii) 15 to 55% by weight, preferably 20 to 55% by weight, in particular 35 to 50% by weight of at least one non-ionic surfactant, (iii) 0 to 20% by weight of water, and (iv) at least one enzyme having a pH optimum of pH<7. Said liquid washing agents have an increased cleaning power, in particular on stains on the basis of components and residues from deodorants but also of grates, berries, tea and red wine residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20170321163
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detergents and cleaning agents, comprising at least one protease and at least one organic compound of formula (I), said compound acting as a protease inhibitor and thus being a suitable enzyme stabilizer, and to the use of said compounds as enzyme stabilizers in protease-containing detergents and cleaning agents. The disclosure further relates to the corresponding washing and cleaning methods and to the use of the agents described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Nina Mussmann, Daniela Herbst, Inken Prueser
  • Publication number: 20170321151
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid washing agents having a pH value of <6.5, preferably in the range of 2 to 5, containing, based on the total weight of the liquid washing agent, (i) 5 to 30% by weight, preferably 10 to 30% by weight, in particular 15 to 25% by weight of at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, (ii) 15 to 55% by weight, preferably 20 to 55% by weight, in particular 35 to 50% by weight of at least one non-ionic surfactant, (iii) 0 to 20% by weight of water, and (iv) at least one ?-amylase having a pH optimum of pH <7. Said liquid washing agents have an increased cleaning power, in particular on stains on the basis of components and residues from deodorants but also of grates, berries, tea and red wine residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Meine, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20170313959
    Abstract: An agent and a method for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces are provided herein. In one embodiment, the agent includes a first protease and at least one second protease. The first protease Includes an amino acid sequence that is at least about 80% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO.1. The second protease is any protease that is different from the first protease. In another embodiment, the method includes activating proteolytically the first protease and the at least one second protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Thomas Weber
  • Publication number: 20170292086
    Abstract: Liquid surfactant compositions, containing, with respect to the total weight of the composition, a) a total amount of 2.0 to 8.5 wt. % C9-C20-alkylbenzene sulfonate, and b) a total amount of 10.0 to 18.0 wt. % R1—O—(CH2CH2O)n—SO3M, wherein R1 represents a C12-18-alkyl group, n represents a number from 2 to 3, and M represents a monovalent cation, and c) a total amount of 1.0 to 6.0 wt. % R2—O—(CH2CH2O)m—SO3M?, wherein R2 represents a C12-18 alkyl group, m represents a number from 7 to 8, and M? represents a monovalent cation, d) a total amount of 2.0 to 10.0 wt. % non-ionic surfactant, e) water, and f) at least one enzyme. The liquid surfactant compositions have an acceptable rheology for the user, are storage stable and ideal for stabilizing enzymes, such as proteases in particular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Martina Seiler, Dieter Nickel, Sonja Sahner, Christian Ramm, Timothy O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20170275569
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid cleaning agent for hard surfaces, in particular for washing dishes by hand, containing an a amylase which is at least 89%, with increasing preference at least 90%, 90.5%, 91%, 91.5%, 92%, 92.5%, 93%, 93.5%, 94%, 94.5%, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.5%, 98%, 98.5%, 99%, 99.5% and up to 100% identical to the sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO: 1 along the entire length thereof and which has deletions in one or more of positions 180, 181, 182, 183 and 184 as numbered according to SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ulrich Pegelow, Detlef Buisker, Timothy O'Connell, Ines Raschke
  • Publication number: 20170275568
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid compositions, in particular for cleaning textiles, containing: (a) at least one surfactant, and (b) at least one ?-amylase, which is at least 89% and increasing preferably at least 90%, 90.5%, 91%, 91.5%, 92%, 92.5%, 93%, 93.5%, 94%, 94.5%, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.5%, 98%, 98.5%, 99%, 99.5% and up to 100% identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1 over the entire length thereof and has deletions at one or more of positions 180, 181, 182, 183, and 184 in the counting according to SEQ ID NO. 1, with the stipulation that the composition has a water activity (aw) between 0.3 and 0.95, in particular in a range of 0.4 to 0.95, at 25° C. and 1013 mbar, stabilize in particular the amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marouane Antir, Sabine Schuemann, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Martina Seiler, Timothy O'Connell, Frank Meier, Dirk Weinrich, Leyla Koelling, Luca Bellomi, Sheila Edwards
  • Publication number: 20170267947
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of specific laccases as dye transfer-inhibiting active substances during the washing of textiles, and to detergents containing said laccases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nina Mussmann, Timothy O'Connell, Thomas Weber, Mareile Job, Hendrik Hellmuth, Michael Strotz, Inken Prueser
  • Publication number: 20170260483
    Abstract: A peroxidase, a method for producing the peroxidase, and an agent including at least one peroxidase are provided herein. The peroxidase includes an amino acid sequence that has a sequence identity of at least 60% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:1 (Gap MnP1), across the entire length thereof; or has a sequence identity of at least 60% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:2 (Gap MnP2), across the entire length thereof; or has a sequence identity of at least 80% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:3 (Bja LiP), across the entire length thereof; or has a sequence identity of at least 60% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:4 (Bja DyP), across the entire length thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nina Mussmann, Thomas Weber, Timothy O'Connell, Ralf G. Berger, Diana Linke, Daniela Herbst
  • Publication number: 20170253863
    Abstract: The invention relates to proteases with enhanced water hardness tolerance and to protease-containing washing or cleaning agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Thomas Weber, Hendrik Hellmuth, Timothy O'Connell, Inken Prueser
  • Patent number: 9725704
    Abstract: In a microbial fermentation, the aim is to increase the product yield of protein. This is achieved by a method in which an expression construct is introduced into a microorganism of the species Bacillus pumilus which comprises a promoter and a nucleic acid coding for the protein, and the protein is expressed in said expression construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Kueppers, Victoria Steffen, Renee Charlott Eichstadt, Stefan Evers, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Johannes Bongaerts, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Timothy O'Connell
  • Patent number: 9695461
    Abstract: The stabilization of a hydrolytic enzyme in a liquid preparation is to be improved through a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme. This is accomplished by a method for adapting a hydrolytic enzyme to a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme, comprising the following method steps: a) providing a hydrolytic enzyme (starting enzyme) and a component that stabilizes the hydrolytic enzyme and that comprises a reversible inhibitor of the hydrolytic enzyme; b) changing the amino acid sequence of the hydrolytic enzyme in at least one position, by substitution, deletion or insertion; c) determining the relative activity of the hydrolytic enzyme from step b) and the relative activity of the starting enzyme in a liquid preparation; d) selecting the hydrolytic enzyme that has a reduced relative activity by comparison with the relative activity of the starting enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Petra Siegert, Stefan Evers, Marion Merkel, Nina Mussmann, Hendrik Hellmuth, Timothy O'Connell, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Ulrich Schwaneberg, Felix Jakob, Ronny Martinez, Brian Laufs, Ayhan Aydemir, Thomas Weber
  • Publication number: 20170157017
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antiperspirant cosmetic including at least one specific design protein and which is exempt of aluminum and/or zirconium halides and/or hydroxy halides. The invention further relates to the use of a specific protein and to a non-therapeutic method for reducing body perspiration. Adding or using said at least one specific protein ensures that the sweat gland(s) is/are effectively influenced, thus resulting in a significant reduction in axillary hyperhidrosis even in the absence of antiperspirant aluminum salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bernhard Banowski, Stefan Evers, Timothy O'Connell