POET RESEARCH, INC. v. HYDRITE CHEMICAL COMPANY

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION POET RESEARCH, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 24-cv-01285 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood HYDRITE CHEMICAL COMPANY, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff POET Research, Inc. (“POET”) is a producer of ethanol and other biorefined products. Relevant here, POET owns four patents covering methods, processes, and systems for remediating toxins present in feedstock used in biorefinery processes. According to POET, Defendant Hydrite Chemical Company (“Hydrite”) is infringing on POET’s patents by…