Legal Opinion

Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels LLC v. Gevo, Inc.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided March 19, 2013No. Civ. No. 11-54-SLRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On January 14, 2011, plaintiff ButamaxTM 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 production of isobutanol.” ('188 patent, 2:3-6) Gevo answered the complaint on March 25, 2011. (D.I. 10) On August 11, 2011, Butamax filed an amended…

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