The detailed information for PTAB case with proceeding number IPR2020-00832 filed by NRG Energy, Inc. et al. against Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. et al. on Apr 21, 2020. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Case Details

Proceeding Number
IPR2020-00832
Filing Date
Apr 21, 2020
Petitioner
NRG Energy, Inc. et al.
Respondent
Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. et al.
Status
Terminated-Settled
Respondent Application Number
15978760
Respondent Tech Center
1700
Respondent Patent Number
10343114
Institution Decision Date
Oct 26, 2020
Termination Date
Jan 21, 2021

Proceeding Documents

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Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial and Granting Joint Request to Treat Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential Information 35 U.S.C. sec. 317; 37 C.F.R. sec. 42.74

Jan 21, 2021PAPERBOARD

Joint Stipulation to Revise Scheduling Order

Jan 19, 2021PAPERPATENT OWNER

Term Sheet between ME2C and Talen executed December 15, 2020 (CONFIDENTIAL-BOARD EYES ONLY)

Jan 14, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Joint Motion to Terminate

Jan 14, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Joint Request that Agreements be Treated as Business Confidential Information

Jan 14, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Fleetwide License and Supply Agreement (CONFIDENTIAL-BOARD EYES ONLY) effective January 5, 2021

Jan 14, 2021EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petitioners Updated Exhibit Listing

Jan 14, 2021PAPERPETITIONER

Ex. 3001

Nov 5, 2020EXHIBITBOARD

Scheduling Order

Oct 26, 2020PAPERBOARD

Trial Instituted Document

Oct 26, 2020PAPERBOARD

PATENT OWNER MIDWEST ENERGY EMISSION CORP.'S SUR-REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS PRELIMINARY RESPONSE

Sep 3, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Reply to Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Aug 27, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. 42.5

Aug 20, 2020PAPERBOARD

Granting Joint Motion to Terminate Vistra Corp. as Petitioner Due to Settlement before Institution and Granting Joint Request to Treat Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential Information 37 C.F.R. 42.74

Aug 10, 2020PAPERBOARD

JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE VISTRA CORP. AS A PETITIONER TO THE PROCEEDING

Aug 6, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

JOINT REQUEST THAT LICENSE AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT BE TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Aug 6, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

License and Supply Agreement (CONFIDENTIAL) executed July 30, 2020

Aug 6, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

PETITIONER VISTRA CORP.¿¿¿S UPDATED EXHIBIT LIST

Aug 6, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp.'s Preliminary Response

Jul 29, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Granting Patent Owners Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Justin T. Nemunaitis 37 C.F.R. sec 42.10

Jun 19, 2020PAPERBOARD

Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Justin T. Nemunaitis

Jun 11, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Declaration of Justin T. Nemunaitis

Jun 11, 2020EXHIBITPATENT OWNER

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp's Power of Attorney

May 12, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp.'s Mandatory Notices

May 12, 2020PAPERPATENT OWNER

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Apr 29, 2020PAPERBOARD

U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114 to Olson et al.

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2008/0107579 to Downs et al. (published May 8, 2008) (Downs-Boiler)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 69 Fed. Reg. 4652-4752 [Volume 69, No. 20] (Jan. 30, 2004) (EPA-Proposal)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Mercury Control Evaluation of Halogen Injection into a Texas Lignite-Fired Boiler, Track A, Session A3 (Mercury Control), Presentation A3c, EUEC: 8TH ELECTRIC UTILITIES ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE (Tucson, Arizona: January 25, 2005) (Eckberg)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 6,953,494 to Nelson, (filed May 6, 2003) (Nelson)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Stephen Niksa

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. v. Vistra Energy Corp. et al., Case No. 1:19-cv-01334, Dkt. No. 1

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent Prov. App. No. 60/555,353 (filed Mar. 22, 2004) (Downs-Boiler-Provisional)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 6,878,358 to Vosteen et al. (filed May 6, 2003) (Vosteen)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Full Scale Evaluations of Mercury Control Technologies with PRB Coals, Track A, Session A3 (Mercury Control), Presentation A3b, EUEC: 8TH ELECTRIC UTILITIES ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE (Tucson, Arizona: January 25, 2005) (Sjostrom)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2004/0003716 to Nelson (published Jan. 8, 2004) (Nelson Publication)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2006/0048646 to Olson et al. (published Mar. 9, 2006) (Olson-646)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Family Tree of 114 and 147 Patents, Showing Parent Patent Applications

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S Patent Application No. 11/209,163 (163 Application File History)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S Patent Application No. 12/429,058 (058 Application File History) PART 2 OF 2

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/295,594 (594 Application File History) PART 2 OF 6

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/295,594 (594 Application File History) PART 4 OF 6

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 1,984,164 to Stock et al. (issued Dec. 11, 1934) (Stock)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline comparison between U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2008/0107579 (Downs-Boiler, Ex. 1006) and U.S. Patent Prov. Appl. No. 60/555,353 (Downs-Boiler-Provisional, Ex. 1007), using Downs-Boiler-Provisional as the original version (Downs-Boiler-Redline)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

S. Niksa et al., Predicting Complete Hg Speciation Along Coal-Fired Utility Exhaust Systems, MEGA SYMPOSIUM, Paper # 45 (Washington, DC: 2004) (Hg Speciation)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. DOE, Mercury Emissions Control - Regulatory Drivers (Jan. 24, 2003), (Mercury Emissions Control)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Clean Air Mercury Rule: Basic Information, (Clean Air Mercury Rule)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

EPA Newsroom, EPA Supplements Proposal to Reduce Power Plant Mercury Emissions, (Feb. 24, 2004), (2/24/2004 EPA Press Release)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2007/0180990 to Downs et al. (published August 9, 2007) (Downs-Halogenation)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Prov. App. No. 60/605640

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S Patent Application No. 12/201,595 (595 Application File History)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S Patent Application No. 12/429,058 (058 Application File History) PART 1 OF 2

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S Patent Application No. 14/102,896 (896 Application File History)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/295,594 (594 Application File History) PART 1 OF 6

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/295,594 (594 Application File History) PART 3 OF 6

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Electric Utilities Environment Conference 2005 Handout (EUEC Handout)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Scan of CD mailed to conference attendees from EUEC: 8th Electric Utilities Environmental Conference (Tucson, Arizona: January 23-26, 2005) (EUEC CD Scan)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

35 U.S.C. SECTION 111 (2006)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

35 U.S.C. SECTION 122 (2006)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

37 C.F.R. SECTION 1.57 (July 1, 2005)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. Patent No. 7,514,052 to Lissianski et al. (filed Apr. 7, 2009) (Lissianski)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Paul Chu, Power Plant Evaluation of the Effect of SCR Technology on Mercury, Paper No. 106, COMBINED POWER PLANT AIR POLLUTANT CONTROL MEGA SYMPOSIUM (MEGA) (Washington, DC: May 19-22, 2003) (Power Plant Evaluation)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Evan J. Granite et al., Sorbents for Mercury Removal from Flue Gas, DOE/FETC/TR 98-01, U.S. Department of Energy (Jan. 1998) (Granite)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Thomas J. Feeley, et al., A Review of DOE/NETLs Mercury Control Technology R&D Program for Coal-Fired Power Plants, DOE/NETL &g R&D Program Review (April 2003) (Feeley)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Oxtoby et al., PRINCIPLES OF MODERN CHEMISTRY, 4th ed (Saunders College Publishing: 1999) (Oxtoby)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw, CHEMISTRY OF THE ELEMENTS, 2nd ed. (Butterworth-Heinemann: 1997) (Greenwood)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

B.R. Puri, Surface Complexes on Carbons, in CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF CARBON 191 (Philip L. Walker, ed.) (Marcel Dekker: 1970) (Puri) PART 1 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

B.R. Puri, Surface Complexes on Carbons, in CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF CARBON 191 (Philip L. Walker, ed.) (Marcel Dekker: 1970) (Puri) PART 2 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

B.R. Puri, Surface Complexes on Carbons, in CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF CARBON 191 (Philip L. Walker, ed.) (Marcel Dekker: 1970) (Puri) PART 3 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

B.R. Puri, Surface Complexes on Carbons, in CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF CARBON 191 (Philip L. Walker, ed.) (Marcel Dekker: 1970) (Puri) PART 4 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Frank E. Huggins et al., XAFS Examination of Mercury Sorption on Three Activated Carbons, Energy & Fuels 1999(13), p. 114-121 (1999) (XAFS)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

D.L. Laudal et al., Evaluation of Mercury Speciation at Power Plants Using SCR and SNCR NOx Control Technologies, Paper No. A5-01, INTL CONF. ON AIR QUALITY III (Arlington, VA: Sept. 9-12, 2002) (Laudal)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

U.S. EPA, AP-42: External Combustion Sources, Chapter 1: Fifth Edition, Volume I (Sep. 1998), (Chapter 1 of AP-42)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

EPA Newsroom, EPA Announces First-Ever Rule to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Power Plants (Mar. 15, 2005), (3/15/2005 EPA Press Release)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

EPA Newsroom, Public Comment Period Begins for Proposed Power Plant Regulations (Jan. 29, 2004), (1/29/2004 EPA Press Release)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Sharon Sjostrom et al., Field Studies of Mercury Control Using Injected Sorbents, AWMA ANNUAL MEETING, Session Ae-1b (2002) (Field Studies of Mercury Control)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

EPA, Mercury Study Report to Congress Volume VIII: An Evaluation of Mercury Control Technologies and Costs, EPA Report No. EPA-452/R-97-010 (Dec. 1997), (EPA 1997 Mercury Study Report Vol. VIII)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

EUEC 2005 home page, available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20050303090129/http:/www.euec.com/

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline Comparison, showing changes from 595 Application (as published at 2009/0062119) to 760 Application (as published at 2018/0257031)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline Comparison, showing changes from 058 Application (as published at 2009/0297413) to 760 Application (as published at 2018/0257031)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Babcock & Wilcox, STEAM: ITS GENERATION AND USE, 40th ed. (The Babcock & Wilcox Company: 1992) (B&W: Steam) PART 1 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Charlene R. Crocker et al., Mercury Control with the Advanced Hybrid Particulate Collector Technical Progress Report, U.S. DOE-NETL (Nov. 2003) (Crocker)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline Comparison, showing changes from 163 Application (as published at 2006/0048646) to 760 Application (as published at 2018/0257031)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline Comparison, showing changes from 595 Application (as published at 2009/0062119) to 058 Application (as published at 2009/0297413)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline Comparison, showing changes from 058 Application (as published at 2009/0297413) to 594 Application (as published at 2017/0128908)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline Comparison, showing changes from 640 Provisional-Application (excerpted from Ex. 1020) to 760 Application (as published at 2018/0257031)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Redline Comparison, showing changes from 594 Application (as published at 2017/0128908) to 760 Application (as published at 2018/0257031)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Roop Chand Bansal, et al., ACTIVE CARBON (Marcel Dekker:1988) 1988. 482 pages (scan received from Library of Congress via Baker Botts) (Bansal)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

J. Bustard, S. Sjostrom, et al., Full Scale Evaluation of Sorbent Injection for Mercury Control on Coal-Fired Power Plants, International Conference on Air Quality III, Paper No. A5-4 (Sept. 9-12, 2002: Arlington, VA) (Bustard)

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Babcock & Wilcox, STEAM: ITS GENERATION AND USE, 40th ed. (The Babcock & Wilcox Company: 1992) (B&W: Steam) PART 2 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/295,594 (594 Application File History) PART 5 OF 6

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/295,594 (594 Application File History) PART 6 OF 6

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/978,760 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114) (114 Patent File History) PART 1 OF 7

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/978,760 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114) (114 Patent File History) PART 4 OF 7

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/978,760 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114) (114 Patent File History) PART 2 OF 7

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/978,760 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114) (114 Patent File History) PART 3 OF 7

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/978,760 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114) (114 Patent File History) PART 5 OF 7

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/978,760 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114) (114 Patent File History) PART 6 OF 7

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Babcock & Wilcox, STEAM: ITS GENERATION AND USE, 40th ed. (The Babcock & Wilcox Company: 1992) (B&W: Steam) PART 4 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/978,760 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114) (114 Patent File History) PART 7 OF 7

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Babcock & Wilcox, STEAM: ITS GENERATION AND USE, 40th ed. (The Babcock & Wilcox Company: 1992) (B&W: Steam) PART 3 OF 4

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petitioners Power of Attorney

Apr 21, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Niksa Declaration

Apr 21, 2020EXHIBITPETITIONER

Petitioners' Explanation Regarding the Necessity of Multiple Petitions

Apr 21, 2020PAPERPETITIONER

Petitioners Inter ParteS Review Petition

Apr 21, 2020PAPERPETITIONER