NRG Energy, Inc. et al. vs Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. et al.

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

Joint Stipulation to Revise Scheduling Order

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

Joint Motion to Terminate

Joint Request that Agreements Be Treated as Business Confidential Information

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

Petitioners Updated Exhibit List

Ex. 3001

Trial Instituted Document

Scheduling Order

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

Reply to Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

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

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

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

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

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

PETITIONER VISTRA CORP.S UPDATED EXHIBIT LIST

Patent Owner's Motion to Seal

EPA Clean Air Act Overview

EPA, Mercury Study Report to Congress

EPA, Study of Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from Electric Utility Steam Generating Units

EERC internal presentation, ¿¿¿Mercury Control Technologies for Electric Utilities Burning Lignite Coals Project Kickoff Meeting¿¿¿

EERC internal presentation, ¿¿¿Mercury Control Technologies for Electric Utilities Burning Lignite Coals Project Kickoff Meeting¿¿¿ part 2

EERC internal presentation, Mercury Control Technologies for Electric Utilities Burning Lignite Coals, Project Review Meeting

JV TASK 45 ¿¿¿ MERCURY CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES BURNING LIGNITE COAL, PHASE I BENCH- AND PILOT-SCALE TESTING Final Report¿¿¿

Notes on Center for Air Toxic Metals

Metadata for Notes on Center for Air Toxic Metals

EPA Capsule Report ¿¿¿Particulate Control by Fabric Filtration on Coal-Fired Industrial Boilers

EPA, Air Pollution Control Technology Fact Sheet ¿¿¿ Fabric Filter

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp.'s Preliminary Response

EERC internal presentation, ¿¿¿Description of Test Facilities Particulate Test Combustor¿¿¿

EERC internal presentation, ¿¿¿Mercury Control Technologies for Electric Utilities Burning Lignite Coals, Introduction to Project¿¿¿

¿¿¿PILOT- AND FULL-SCALE DEMONSTRATION OF ADVANCED MERCURY CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANTS¿¿¿

¿¿¿PILOT- AND FULL-SCALE DEMONSTRATION OF ADVANCED MERCURY CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANTS

MERCURY CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES BURNING SUBBITUMINOUS COALS

https://www.midwestemissions.com/sea-technology

E. Ravert, ¿¿¿Precoating new filters for better airflow, longer filter life¿¿¿

EPA Course SI:412 Baghouse Plan Review

EPA, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

DOE, Success Story for Sorbent Enhancement Additives

Declarations of Inventors

Declaration of Thomas Erickson including PTC logbook entries, Part 1 of 2

Declaration of Thomas Erickson including PTC logbook entries, Part 2 of 2

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

Declaration of Justin T. Nemunaitis

Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Justin T. Nemunaitis

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp.'s Power of Attorney

Midwest Energy Emission Corp.'s Mandatory Notices

Notice of Accord Filing Date

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Stephen Niksa

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

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

Proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; and, in the Alternative, Proposed Standards of Performance for New and Existing Stationary Sources 69 Fed. Reg. 4652-4752 [Volume 69, No. 20] (Jan. 30, 2004) (EPA-Proposal)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. v. Vistra Energy Corp. et al., Case No. 1:19-cv-01334, Dkt. No. 1 (D. Del. July 17, 2019)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Electric Utilities Environment Conference 2005 Handout (EUEC Handout)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Petitioners Power of Attorney

Niksa Declaration

Petitioners' Explanation Regarding the Necessity of Multiple Petitions

Petition for Inter Partes Review