Patents by Inventor Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen

Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen 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: 20240060060
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/SN, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/LN/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11814656
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/LN, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20220372454
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/LN, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11441134
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/LN, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20210108184
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/LN, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20210071155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants of the parent lipase shown as SEQ ID NO: 2 with improved wash performance and/or Benefit Risk Factor (BRF). The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the lipase variants of the invention, compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention as well as methods of producing such lipase variants of the invention and the use of the lipase variants or compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sune Fang Christensen, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Anders Gunnar Sandtrom, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Alexander David Fulton, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Kim Borch, Garry Paul Gippert
  • Publication number: 20210071156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants of the parent lipase shown as SEQ ID NO: 2 with improved stability during use in a wash process (IWS). The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the lipase variants of the invention, compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention as well as methods of producing such lipase variants of the invention and the use of the lipase variants or compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sune Fang Christensen, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Anders Gunnar Sandtrom, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Alexander David Fulton, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Kim Borch, Garry Paul Gippert
  • Publication number: 20210071157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipase variants of the parent lipase shown as SEQ ID NO: 2 with improved wash performance and/or Benefit Risk Factor (BRF). The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the lipase variants of the invention, compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention as well as methods of producing such lipase variants of the invention and the use of the lipase variants or compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Sune Fang Christensen, Allan Svendsen, Jesper Vind, Anders Gunnar Sandtrom, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Alexander David Fulton, Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Kim Borch, Garry Paul Gippert
  • Patent number: 10920203
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Patent number: 10760037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (a) a source of sulfite; and (b) a lipase variant of a parent lipase, wherein said variant has improved stability towards sulfite as compared to the parent lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Marco Malten, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Katarina Larson
  • Publication number: 20190071619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (a) a source of sulfite; and (b) a lipase variant of a parent lipase, wherein said variant has improved stability towards sulfite as compared to the parent lipase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Marco Malten, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, Lise Munch Mikkelsen, Dorte Marie Koefoed Klitgaard, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Katarina Larson
  • Publication number: 20180346893
    Abstract: The present invention related to lipase variants having lipase activity and having between 60% to less than 100% sequence identity to a parent lipase or a fragment thereof, wherein the variant comprises one or more substitutions selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, P256A/K/N/Q/R/S/T/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:10 for position numbering or selected from H198A/D/E/F/G/I/L/N/Q/S/T/V/Y, F7H/K/R, F51A/I/L/V/Y, T143A/G/S/V, A150G/V, N200H/K/Q/R, I202G/L/V, S224C/F/H/I/L/P/Y, L227D/E/K/R, V228P, P229H/K/R, V230H/K/L/R, I255A/G/N/P/S/T/V/Y, T256A/K/N/Q/R/S/P/W, A257F/H/I/L/V/Y, L259F/Y, and W260D/E/F/H/I/L/N/Q/S/T/Y using SEQ ID NO:2 for position numbering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Hoerslev Hansen, Yitong Liu, Steffen Kayser, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20180148670
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a detergent composition, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions comprising subtilase variants. The present disclosure also relates to the use of said detergent compositions in a cleaning process such as laundry or hard surface cleaning. The present disclosure further relates to a method for removing a stain from a surface, which comprises contacting the surface with the detergent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Timothy O'Connell, Susanne Tondera, Hendrik Hellmuth, Thomas Weber, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Mikael Bauer
  • Publication number: 20160251641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, and Termamyl-like alpha-amylases comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased thermostability at acidic pH and/or at low Ca2+ concentrations (relative to the parent).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgaard-Frantzen, Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard
  • Publication number: 20150337283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting improvements relative to the parent subtilase in one or more properties including: wash performance, thermal stability, storage stability or catalytic activity. The variants of the invention 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: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Henriette Draborg, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Stefan Minning
  • Patent number: 9133423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel subtilase variants exhibiting improvements relative to the parent subtilase in one or more properties including: wash performance, thermal stability, storage stability or catalytic activity. The variants of the invention 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Henriette Draborg, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Stefan Minning
  • Publication number: 20140200172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, and Termamyl-like alpha-amylases comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased thermostability at acidic pH and/or at low Ca2+ concentrations (relative to the parent).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgaard-Frantzen, Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard
  • Patent number: 8263368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, and Termamyl-like alpha-amylases comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased thermostability at acidic pH and/or at low Ca2+ concentrations (relative to the parent).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen, Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard
  • Publication number: 20090317864
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, and Termamyl-like alpha-amylases comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased thermostability at acidic pH and/or at low Ca2+ concentrations (relative to the parent).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Henrik Bisgard-Frantzen, Helle Outtrup, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Lisbeth Hedegaard
  • Patent number: 7611882
    Abstract: Detergent composition comprising a surfactant and a pectate lyase (EC 4.2.2.2) enzyme en-coded by a DNA sequence endogeneous to a strain of Bacillus subtilis or a stabilized variant thereof provides superior cleaning and stain removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mads Eskelund Bjørnvad, Martin Schülein, Torben Henriksen, legal representative, Vibeke Skovgaard Nielsen, Johan Smets, Carsten Andersen, Thomas Thisted