BUTAMAX™ ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC v. GEVO, INC.

Civ. No. 11-54-SLR.

931 F.Supp.2d 589 (2013)

BUTAMAX™ ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, v. GEVO, INC., Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff, v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, Counterclaim Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Horwitz, Esquire and David E. Moore, Esquire of Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Plaintiff. Of Counsel: Leora Ben-Ami, Esquire , Thomas F. Fleming, Esquire , Christopher T. Jagoe, Esquire and Patricia A. Carson, Esquire , Daniel Forchheimer, Esquire , and Peter B. Silverman, Esquire of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Thomas C. Grimm, Esquire and Jeremy A. Tigan, Esquire of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Defendant. Of Counsel: Stephen C. Neal, Esquire , Michelle S. Rhyu, Esquire , Benjamin G. Damstedt, Esquire , Daniel J. Knauss, Esquire of Cooley LLP.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On January 14, 2011, plaintiff Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels LLC ("Butamax") filed suit in this district against defendant Gevo, Inc. ("Gevo") alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,851,188 ("the '188 patent"). (D.I. 1) The '188 patent discloses and claims "a recombinant microorganism having an engineered isobutanol biosynthetic pathway" that "may be used for the commercial...

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