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GS CLEANTECH CORP. v. ADKINS ENERGY LLC

2016-2231 2017-1838 2017-1832.

951 F.3d 1310 (2020)

GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ADKINS ENERGY LLC, Defendant-Cross-Appellant. GS Cleantech Corporation, Greenshift Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cantor Colburn LLP Interested Party v. Big River Resources Galva, LLC, Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC, Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC, Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC, Cardinal Ethanol, LLC, Lincolnway Energy, LLC, ICM, INC., Bushmills Ethanol, Inc., AL-Corn Clean Fuel, LLC, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company, LLP, Heartland Corn Products, GEA Mechanical Equipmentus, INC., as Successor-In-Interest To GEA Westfalia Separator, Inc. Pursuant to the Notice of Merger Filed on 4/28/2011, Ace Ethanol, LLC, Blue Flint Ethanol LLC, UNITED Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC, Flottweg Separation Technology, Inc., Adkins Energy LLC, Aemetis, Inc., Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc., Little Sioux Corn Processors, LLLP, Guardian Energy, LLC, Western New York Energy, LLC, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC, Pacific Ethanol Magic Valley LLC, Pacific Ethanol Stockton, Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC, Pacific Ethanol, Inc., David J. Vander Griend, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: March 2, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Pokotilow , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by Binni N. Shah.

John M. Weyrauch , Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC, Minneapolis, MN, argued for defendants-appellees Big River Resources Galva, LLC, Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC, Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC, Cardinal Ethanol, LLC, Lincolnway Energy, LLC, ICM, Inc., Flottweg Separation Technology, Inc., Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC, David J. Vander Griend. Defendants-appellees Big River Resources Galva, LLC, Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC, Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC, Cardinal Ethanol, LLC, ICM, Inc., Flottweg Separation Technology, Inc., Little Sioux Corn Processors, LLLP, Guardian Energy, LLC, Western New York Energy, LLC, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC, Pacific Ethanol Magic Valley LLC, David J. Vander Griend also represented by Peter R. Forrest .

Michael Buchanan , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellees ACE Ethanol, LLC, Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc., Aemetis, Inc., Al-Corn Clean Fuel, LLC, Big River Resources Galva, LLC, Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC, Blue Flint Ethanol LLC, Bushmills Ethanol, Inc., Cardinal Ethanol, LLC, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company, LLP, Flottweg Separation Technology, Inc., GEA Mechanical Equipment US, Inc., Guardian Energy, LLC, Heartland Corn Products, Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC, ICM, Inc., Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC, Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC, Lincolnway Energy, LLC, Little Sioux Corn Processors, LLLP, Pacific Ethanol Magic Valley LLC, Pacific Ethanol Stockton, Pacific Ethanol, Inc., Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC, United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC, David J. Vander Griend, Western New York Energy, LLC, Adkins Energy LLC.

Keith David Parr , Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendant-cross-appellant. Also represented by Hugh S. Balsam , Wasim K. Bleibel , James Thomas Peterka .

Spiro Bereveskos , Woodard Emhardt Henry Reeves & Wagner, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for defendant-appellee Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC. Also represented by Daniel James Lueders , Lisa A. Hiday .

Glenn Johnson , McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C., Des Moines, IA, for defendant-appellee Lincolnway Energy, LLC.

John Donald Best , Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Madison, WI, for defendants-appellees Bushmills Ethanol, Inc., Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company, LLP, Heartland Corn Products, United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC. Also represented by Kenneth M. Albridge, III , John C. Scheller .

Marc Andre AL , Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for defendant-appellee Al-Corn Clean Fuel, LLC.

Ruth Rivard , Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for defendant-appellee Blue Flint Ethanol LLC.

Camille L. Urban , Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville & Schoenebaum, PLC, Des Moines, IA, for defendants-appellees Aemetis, Inc., Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc., Pacific Ethanol Stockton, Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC, Pacific Ethanol, Inc. Also represented by Michael A. Dee .

Before Reyna, Wallach, and Hughes, Circuit Judges.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ("District Court") found Appellants GS CleanTech Corporation and Greenshift Corporation's (together, "CleanTech") U.S. Patent Nos. 7,601,858 ("the '858 patent"), 8,008,516 ("the '516 patent"), 8,008,517 ("the '517 patent"), and 8,283,484 ("the '484 patent") (together...

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