Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels v. Gevo, Inc., No. 13-1342 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 18, 2014)

Reversed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 13-1342
Decided
February 18, 2014
Judge
Linn, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
27 pages

From the Opinion

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ButamaxTM Advanced Biofuels LLC (“Butamax”) owns U.S. Pat. No. 7,851,188 (“’188 patent”) and No. 7,993,889 (“’889 patent”) (collectively, the “patents -in-suit”) and appeals a final judgment entered against it following the district court’s 1) claim construction and denial of But a- max’s motion for summary judgment of literal infringe- ment of the asserted claims of the ’188 and ’889 patents by Gevo, Inc.