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GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, No. 16-2231 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2020)

Affirmed
Inequitable Conduct Invalidity (§ 102/§ 103)
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 16-2231
Also Docketed
No. 17-1832, No. 17-1838 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
March 2, 2020
Judge
Wallach, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
39 pages

From the Opinion

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of In- diana (“District Court”) found Appellants GS CleanTech Corporation and Greenshift Corporation’s (together, “CleanTech”) U.S. Patent Nos. 7,601,858 (“the ’858 pa- tent”), 8,008,516 (“the ’516 patent”), 8, 008,517 (“the ’517 patent”), and 8,283,484 (“the ’484 patent”) (together, “the Patents-in-Suit”) unenforceable due to inequitable con- duct. Corrected Memorandum Opinion & Order after Bench Trial, In re: Method of Processing Ethanol Byprod- ucts & Related Sub systems (’858) Patent Litig. , No.

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