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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Novozymes North America, Inc.

105 pending office actions • 10 clients

Portfolio Summary

105
Total Pending OAs
39
Final Rejections
66
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Novozymes A/S 57
Chr. Hansen A/S 32
Novozymes A/S 9
Novozymes A/S 1
Givaudan SA 1
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 1
Novozymes BioAg A/S 1
Chr Hansen A/S 1
Novozymes BioAg A/S 1
Chr. Hansen Hmo GmbH 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18774233 ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS Novozymes A/S NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 Non-Final OA Jul 16, 2024
18728307 Streptococcus thermophilus Strains with Improved Texturing Properties Chr. Hansen A/S FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1651 Non-Final OA Jul 11, 2024
18723004 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DRIED LACTOBACILLUS CELLS Novozymes A/S DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1645 Non-Final OA Jun 21, 2024
18713320 FAT AND WAX MICROENCAPSULATED AMBIENT STABLE BACTERIA AND PROBIOTICS Chr. Hansen A/S AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 Non-Final OA May 24, 2024
18713313 COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASED STABITLITY OF BACTERIA Chr. Hansen A/S AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 Non-Final OA May 24, 2024
18607109 CELLOBIOHYDROLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME Novozymes A/S EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2024
18688225 YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA AND ITS USE FOR PRODUCING LIPASES SPECIFICALLY LIBERATING SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS Chr. Hansen A/S KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 Non-Final OA Feb 29, 2024
18687536 METHOD OF PREPARING A BACTERIAL CULTURE Chr. Hansen A/S ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18401373 SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME Novozymes A/S PAK, YONG D 1652 Final Rejection Dec 30, 2023
18393339 Process for the Production of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides Chr. Hansen A/S DESAI, ANAND U 1655 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18391488 CONTROL SYSTEM, APPRATUS, AND METHOD FOR ENZYME DOSING USING PRIMARY AMINO NITROGEN MEASUREMENT Novozymes A/S LANKFORD JR, LEON B 1657 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2023
18572135 PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS USING FIBER-DEGRADING ENZYMES IN FERMENTATION Novozymes A/S RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2023
18571661 RECOMBINANT CUTINASE EXPRESSION Novozymes A/S YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1657 Non-Final OA Dec 18, 2023
18570816 COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING RESILIENCE TOWARDS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Chr. Hansen A/S DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18570301 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SLIME IN A PULP OR PAPER MAKING PROCESS Novozymes A/S PAK, YONG D 1652 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18569099 CONTROLLING YEAST BLEND RATIOS, AND RELATED CONTROL SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS Novozymes A/S LANKFORD JR, LEON B 1657 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2023
18568235 ENGINEERED MICROORGANISM FOR IMPROVED ETHANOL FERMENTATION Novozymes A/S EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2023
18565876 USE OF LACTASE AND LAC(-) LACTIC ACID BACTERIA (LAB) FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT Chr. Hansen A/S MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18389518 Subtilase Variants and Compositions Comprising Same Novozymes A/S HUTSON, RICHARD G 1652 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2023
18559720 METHOD OF PRODUCING FERMENTED MILK PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED TEXTURE AND REDUCED POST-ACIDIFICATION Chr. Hansen A/S MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P 1793 Non-Final OA Nov 08, 2023
18558503 ENZYMATIC TREATMENT OF FEEDSTOCK FOR HVO PRODUCTION Novozymes A/S SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1652 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18557507 DETERGENT COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED POLYMER CONTENT Novozymes A/S CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2023
18548506 USE OF ENZYMES FOR IMPROVING FRAGRANCE DEPOSITION Givaudan SA CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18547655 POLYPEPTIDE VARIANTS Novozymes A/S STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18547679 Polypeptide Variants Novozymes A/S MOEHLMAN, ANDREW TERRY 1655 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18547525 DNASE VARIANTS Novozymes A/S HUTSON, RICHARD G 1652 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18546950 LACTIC ACID BACTERIA COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING FERMENTED PRODUCTS Chr. Hansen A/S PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 1793 Non-Final OA Aug 17, 2023
18262619 STABILIZED BIOLOGICAL DETERGENTS Novozymes A/S TUCKER, PHILIP C 1745 Final Rejection Jul 24, 2023
18344244 Food Composition Comprising L-Fucose Chr. Hansen A/S FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2023
18267943 Sialyltransferases for the Production of 6'-Sialyllactose Chr. Hansen A/S PAPCIAK, SHARON M 1657 Non-Final OA Jun 16, 2023
18267958 Microbial Cells Possessing a Reduced Lactose Internalization For Producing an Oligosaccharide Chr. Hansen A/S EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 Non-Final OA Jun 16, 2023
18257840 MUTATED HOST CELLS WITH REDUCED CELL MOTILITY ON UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1656 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18331730 Compositions Comprising Polypeptides having Xylanase Activity and Polypeptides having Arabinofuronosidase Activity Novozymes A/S EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 Non-Final OA Jun 08, 2023
18254711 FAT ENCAPSULATED MICROBIAL CULTURES Chr. Hansen A/S TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 Final Rejection May 26, 2023
18319320 PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS Novozymes A/S MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1651 Non-Final OA May 17, 2023
18318442 DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING LACCASE Novozymes A/S STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 Non-Final OA May 16, 2023
18318470 Detergent Composition Comprising Laccase Novozymes A/S STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 Non-Final OA May 16, 2023
18251533 LEADER PEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING THE SAME Novozymes A/S ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 Non-Final OA May 02, 2023
18250397 Baked and Par-Baked Products with Thermostable AMG Variants from Penicillium Novozymes A/S DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2023
18249231 LIPASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH LIPASE VARIANTS Novozymes A/S CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 Non-Final OA Apr 14, 2023
18029590 New Granules for Animal Feed Novozymes A/S PAPCIAK, SHARON M 1657 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2023
18029586 Enzymatic Feed Preservation Novozymes A/S MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18029594 Enzymatic Preservation of Probiotics in Animal Feed Novozymes A/S TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2023
18187811 YEAST INHIBITION WITH BACILLUS SUBTILIS VIA IRON DEPLETION Chr. Hansen A/S TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2023
18245143 ANIMAL FEED COMPRISING INSECTS OR INSECT MEAL Novozymes A/S PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 1793 Non-Final OA Mar 13, 2023
18044836 ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS Novozymes A/S RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 Final Rejection Mar 10, 2023
18043532 PROTEASE VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY Novozymes A/S PAK, YONG D 1652 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2023
18043515 POLYESTER DEGRADING PROTEASE VARIANTS Novozymes A/S HUTSON, RICHARD G 1652 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2023
18042282 VARIANTS OF A FAMILY 44 XYLOGLUCANASE Novozymes A/S PAK, YONG D 1652 Final Rejection Feb 20, 2023
18042168 DISPERSINS EXPRESSED WITH AMYLASE SIGNAL PEPTIDES Novozymes A/S RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 Final Rejection Feb 17, 2023
18013047 Improved Export of Oligosaccharides From Bacterial Cells Chr. Hansen A/S RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 Non-Final OA Dec 27, 2022
18010761 IMPROVED FIBER-WASHING IN CORN WET-MILLING Novozymes A/S FAN, LYNN Y 1759 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2022
18063501 PROTEASE ANIMAL FEED FORMULATION Novozymes A/S DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 Final Rejection Dec 08, 2022
17992331 Spray-Dried Tetrasaccharides Chr. Hansen A/S FAN, LYNN Y 1759 Final Rejection Nov 22, 2022
17927164 SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME Novozymes A/S LEE, JAE W 1656 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2022
17924917 IMPROVED MICROORGANISMS FOR ARABINOSE FERMENTATION Novozymes A/S WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1653 Non-Final OA Nov 11, 2022
17923489 MEDICAL CLEANING COMPOSITION, USE AND METHOD OF CLEANING Novozymes A/S NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 Final Rejection Nov 04, 2022
18052489 PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME Novozymes A/S EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 Non-Final OA Nov 03, 2022
17919032 LISTERIA INHIBITION BY MANGANESE DEPLETION Chr. Hansen A/S MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 Non-Final OA Oct 14, 2022
17915903 CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE VARIANTS Novozymes A/S EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 Final Rejection Sep 29, 2022
17915652 SUBMERGED FERMENTATION PROCESS Novozymes A/S FAN, LYNN Y 1759 Final Rejection Sep 29, 2022
17913103 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYPEPTIDES HAVING FRUCTAN DEGRADING ACTIVITY Novozymes A/S FAN, LYNN Y 1759 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2022
17931861 RECOMBINANT YEAST STRAINS FOR PENTOSE FERMENTATION Novozymes A/S BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 Final Rejection Sep 13, 2022
17799190 SPRAY FREEZE DRYING OF STRICT ANAEROBIC BACTERIA Chr. Hansen A/S MARTIN, RACHEL E 1657 Final Rejection Aug 11, 2022
17793337 Plasmid For Bacillus Expressing Fluorescent Reporter Genes Novozymes BioAg A/S GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 Final Rejection Jul 15, 2022
17782279 ENZYME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Novozymes A/S ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 Non-Final OA Jun 03, 2022
17781973 PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS Novozymes A/S EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2022
17778452 POLYPEPTIDES HAVING PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY AND USE THEREOF Novozymes A/S XU, QING 1656 Final Rejection May 20, 2022
17777852 STABILIZED LIQUID BORON-FREE ENZYME COMPOSITIONS Novozymes A/S KUMAR, PREETI 1761 Final Rejection May 18, 2022
17777718 BAKING ADDITIVE Novozymes A/S DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 Non-Final OA May 18, 2022
17776699 A Method for Drying Human Milk Oligosaccharides Chr. Hansen A/S BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 Final Rejection May 13, 2022
17773703 METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN OAT-BASED PRODUCT Novozymes A/S SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL 1793 Final Rejection May 02, 2022
17769704 BACTERIAL COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING FUNGAL SPOILAGE AND USES THEREOF Chr. Hansen A/S TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 Non-Final OA Apr 15, 2022
17767851 CONTROL OF EYES FORMATION IN SWISS TYPE CHEESE AND CONTINENTAL CHEESE TYPE Chr. Hansen A/S THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2022
17766588 SOLID BAKING ADDITIVE Novozymes A/S SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL 1793 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2022
17764491 USE OF CELLULASE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY OF DETERGENTS Novozymes A/S HURST, JONATHAN M 1799 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2022
17762689 DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE USES IN DETERGENT COMPOSITION Novozymes A/S KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2022
17761249 Cereal Compositions Containing Human Milk Oligosaccharides Chr. Hansen A/S NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 Non-Final OA Mar 17, 2022
17642974 Detergent Composition Novozymes A/S ROBINSON, HOPE A 1652 Final Rejection Mar 15, 2022
17639729 Production of Sialylated Oligosaccharides in Bacillus Cells Chr. Hansen A/S SELWANES, JOHN PAUL 1651 Non-Final OA Mar 02, 2022
17634909 TEXTURING L. LACTIS WITH UNIQUE EPS GENE CLUSTERS Chr. Hansen A/S SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 Non-Final OA Feb 11, 2022
17633011 ENZYME BLENDS AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING A HIGH PROTEIN FEED INGREDIENT FROM A WHOLE STILLAGE BYPRODUCT Novozymes A/S BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 Non-Final OA Feb 04, 2022
17626642 ENZYMATIC EMULSIONS FOR DETERGENTS Novozymes A/S DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 Final Rejection Jan 12, 2022
17618927 Alpha-Amylase Variants Novozymes A/S CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2021
17615675 CROSS-LINKED MILK PROTEIN CO-PRECIPITATE Novozymes A/S KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2021
17614837 Lipolytic Polymer Particles For Esterification And Interesterification Novozymes A/S KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 Final Rejection Nov 29, 2021
17611338 METHODS FOR ENCAPSULATION Chr. Hansen A/S GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2021
17611416 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK PRODUCTS WITH MODIFIED FIRMNESS AND/OR GELATION TIME AND PRODUCTS OBTAINED Chr. Hansen A/S LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2021
17611547 TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE RNA- Guided Endonuclease Novozymes A/S MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE 1635 Final Rejection Nov 15, 2021
17601019 Liquid Dishwashing Detergent Compositions Novozymes A/S CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 Non-Final OA Oct 01, 2021
17434967 FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF CARBOHYDRATES BY MICROBIAL CELLS UTILIZING A MIXED FEEDSTOCK Chr Hansen A/S EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2021
17299273 Powder Detergent Compositions Novozymes A/S JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2021
17297936 INCREASED BIOACTIVITY OF BIOPROTECTIVE CULTURES AGAINST PATHOGENIC BACTERIA Chr. Hansen A/S KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 Final Rejection May 27, 2021
17278410 PESTICIDAL COMBINATIONS OF YERSINIA AND BACILLUS Novozymes BioAg A/S EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2021
17269581 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN IMPROVED FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT USING A SPORULATION NEGATIVE BACILLUS STRAIN Chr. Hansen A/S SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 1791 Final Rejection Feb 19, 2021
17259792 NEW BACTERIA Chr. Hansen A/S BARRON, SEAN C 1653 Final Rejection Jan 12, 2021
17252446 SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME Novozymes A/S PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 1651 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2020
17054950 USE OF GLYCOSIDASES IN THE PRODUCTION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES Chr. Hansen A/S SELWANES, JOHN PAUL 1651 Final Rejection Nov 12, 2020
16769964 SPRAY-DRIED SIALYLLACTOSE Chr. Hansen A/S SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 Non-Final OA Jun 04, 2020
16769897 SPRAY-DRIED MIXTURE OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES Chr. Hansen Hmo GmbH MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P 1793 Non-Final OA Jun 04, 2020
16766189 Small Enzyme Particles For Interesterification Novozymes A/S SELWANES, JOHN PAUL 1651 Non-Final OA May 21, 2020
16651264 LOW DUSTING GRANULES Novozymes A/S KUMAR, PREETI 1761 Final Rejection Mar 26, 2020
16811019 Processes for Producing Fermentation Products Novozymes A/S MCNEIL, STEPHANIE A N 1653 Final Rejection Mar 06, 2020
16623578 Enzyme Slurry Composition Novozymes A/S MISHRA, DEEPA 1657 Final Rejection Dec 17, 2019
14124535 Spray-Dried Lactobacillus Stems/Cells and the Use of Same Against Helicobacter Pylori Novozymes A/S SELWANES, JOHN PAUL 1657 Final Rejection Feb 11, 2014

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