---
 lib/Biber/Input/file/bibtex.pm |    2 +-
 lib/Biber/LaTeX/Recode.pm      |    6 +++---
 lib/Biber/Utils.pm             |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- lib/Biber/Input/file/bibtex.pm
+++ lib/Biber/Input/file/bibtex.pm	2016-01-28 14:20:30.716207168 +0000
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ sub _name {
     # Check for malformed names in names which aren't completely escaped
 
     # Too many commas
-    unless ($name =~ m/\A{\X+}\z/xms) { # Ignore these tests for escaped names
+    unless ($name =~ m/\A\{\X+}\z/xms) { # Ignore these tests for escaped names
       my @commas = $name =~ m/,/g;
       if ($#commas > 1) {
         biber_warn("Name \"$name\" has too many commas: skipping name", $bibentry);
--- lib/Biber/LaTeX/Recode.pm
+++ lib/Biber/LaTeX/Recode.pm	2016-01-28 14:28:16.754860744 +0000
@@ -230,13 +230,13 @@ sub latex_decode {
         $text =~ s/\\not\\($re)/$map->{$1}/ge;
       }
       elsif ($type eq 'superscripts') {
-        $text =~ s/\\textsuperscript{($re)}/$map->{$1}/ge;
+        $text =~ s/\\textsuperscript\{($re)\}/$map->{$1}/ge;
       }
       elsif ($type eq 'cmdsuperscripts') {
-        $text =~ s/\\textsuperscript{\\($re)}/$map->{$1}/ge;
+        $text =~ s/\\textsuperscript\{\\($re)\}/$map->{$1}/ge;
       }
       elsif ($type eq 'dings') {
-        $text =~ s/\\ding{([2-9AF][0-9A-F])}/$map->{$1}/ge;
+        $text =~ s/\\ding\{([2-9AF][0-9A-F])\}/$map->{$1}/ge;
       }
       elsif ($type eq 'letters') {
         $text =~ s/\\($re)(?:\{\}|\s+|\b)/$map->{$1}/ge;
--- lib/Biber/Utils.pm
+++ lib/Biber/Utils.pm	2016-01-28 14:29:04.213908808 +0000
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ sub reduce_array {
 
 sub remove_outer {
   my $str = shift;
-  $str =~ s/^{(\X+)}$/$1/;
+  $str =~ s/^\{(\X+)\}$/$1/;
   return $str;
 }