U.S. Water Services, Inc. v. Novozymes A/S, No. 18-2075 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 19, 2019)

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This case returns to us for a second time from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (“Dis- trict Court”). Appellants U.S. Water Services, Inc. and Roy Johnson (collectively, “U.S. Water”) sued Appellees Novo- zymes A/ S and Novozymes North America, Inc. (collec- tively, “Novoz ymes”). U.S. Water alleged Novozymes infringed, inter alia, claims 1, 6, and 12 of U.S. Patent No. 8,415,137 (“the ’137 patent”) and claims 1 –2, 5, 7 –9, and 18–20 of U.S. Patent No.