Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC v. Ford Motor Company
Plaintiff / Appellant: THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and ETHANOL BOOSTING SYSTEMS, LLC
Defendant / Appellee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Case Number: 20-1472
Filed: February 14, 2020
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Nature of Suit: Patent Infringement (Fed. Qst.)

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Date Filed Description
December 11, 2020 ETHANOL BOOSTING SYSTEMS, LLC v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
January 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 45 Mandate issued to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [750107] [MJL] [Entered: 01/19/2021 01:30 PM]
December 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 44 Bill of Costs for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 12/28/2020 by email. [745438] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 12/28/2020 01:20 PM]
December 11, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 43 JUDGMENT. AFFIRMED. Issued pursuant to Federal Circuit Rule 36. Terminated on the merits after oral argument. COSTS: Costs taxed against Appellant(s). Mandate to issue in due course. For information regarding costs, petitions for rehearing, and petitions for writs of certiorari click # here . [742013] [JAB] [Entered: 12/11/2020 10:14 AM]
December 10, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 42 Submitted after ORAL ARGUMENT to Panel: Dyk, Circuit Judge; Clevenger, Circuit Judge and O'Malley, Circuit Judge. Arguing counsel: Andres Healy for MIT and Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and Michael S. Connor for Ford Motor Company. Oral Argument Audio available # here . [741792] [JAB] [Entered: 12/10/2020 11:25 AM]
November 19, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 41 Clerk's letter to Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC, MIT and Appellee Ford Motor Company regarding Telephonic Argument Orientation. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [736928] [JAB] [Entered: 11/19/2020 12:16 PM]
November 10, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 40 Response to notice of oral argument from Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 11/10/2020 by email. [734790] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 11/10/2020 03:03 PM]
November 9, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 39 Response to notice of oral argument from Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 11/09/2020 by email. [734578] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 11/09/2020 05:18 PM]
October 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 38 NOTICE OF TELEPHONIC ORAL ARGUMENT. Panel: 2012K. Case scheduled December 10, 2020. Response to Notice of Oral Argument due: 11/16/2020. The Clerk's Office will provide additional instructions to counsel at least one week ahead of argument. Please review the attached Notice. The response to notice of oral argument form can be found # here . The Oral Argument Guide can be found # here . Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [730631] [JAB] [Entered: 10/21/2020 03:09 PM]
September 22, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 35 Notice from Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT regarding conflicts with oral argument. None. Service: 09/22/2020 by email. [723738] [20-1472] [Andres Healy] [Entered: 09/22/2020 04:36 PM]
September 22, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 34 Notice from Appellee Ford Motor Company regarding conflicts with oral argument. Service: 09/22/2020 by email. [723685] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 09/22/2020 03:21 PM]
September 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 37 6 paper copies of Doc. No. [ # 27 ] received from Ford Motor Company. [725975] [MJL] [Entered: 10/01/2020 04:23 PM]
September 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 36 6 paper copies of Doc. Nos. [ # 23 ], [ # 28 ], [ # 29 ] received from Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. [725974] [MJL] [Entered: 10/01/2020 04:23 PM]
September 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 33 Notice to Advise of Scheduling Conflicts. Arguing counsel must advise of, and show good cause for, any scheduling conflicts during the upcoming court session months listed in the attached notice. The Response to Notice to Advise of Scheduling Conflicts can be found # here . The Oral Argument Guide can be found # here . [722124] [JAL] [Entered: 09/16/2020 11:22 AM]
September 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 32 Notice to counsel: The Clerk's Office directs that outstanding paper copies of all briefs and appendices in this case must be submitted on or before September 30, 2020. See Administrative Order No. 20-01 (Mar. 20, 2020). [722123] [JAL] [Entered: 09/16/2020 11:22 AM]
September 9, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 31 Notice to the parties: The record of this case indicates that no Certificate of Compliance pursuant to Fed. Cir. R. 25.1(c)(2)(A) has been filed. If any portion of the record is subject to a protective order, you must file the required certificate using the Certificate of Compliance-Protective Order event. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [720367] [JAL] [Entered: 09/09/2020 11:17 AM]
September 4, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 30 Joint Statement of Compliance with Fed. Cir. R. 33 for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC, MIT and Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 09/04/2020 by email. [719699] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 09/04/2020 01:59 PM]
September 4, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 29 MODIFIED ENTRY: JOINT APPENDIX FILED for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT and Appellee Ford Motor Company. Number of Pages: 157. Service: 09/04/2020 by email. [719697] --[Edited 09/09/2020 by JAL - Compliance review complete] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 09/04/2020 01:58 PM]
August 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 28 MODIFIED ENTRY: REPLY BRIEF FILED for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Number of Pages: 29. Service: 08/28/2020 by email. Unless ordered otherwise, any responsive deadline runs from the date of service of this brief. See Fed. Cir. R. 31. [718267] --[Edited 08/31/2020 by JAL - Compliance review complete] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 08/28/2020 01:03 PM]
August 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 27 MODIFIED ENTRY: RESPONSE BRIEF FILED for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Number of Pages: 53. Service: 08/07/2020 by email. Unless ordered otherwise, any responsive deadline runs from the date of service of this brief. See Fed. Cir. R. 31. [713437] --[Edited 08/07/2020 by JAL - Compliance review complete] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 08/07/2020 03:49 PM]
June 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 26 Amended Certificate of Interest for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 06/02/2020 by email. [698669] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 06/02/2020 02:37 PM]
June 1, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 25 Certificate of Interest for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 06/01/2020 by email. [698246] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 06/01/2020 01:21 PM]
April 30, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief [ # 22 ] filed by Appellants MIT and Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and Appellee Ford Motor Company to the extent that the response brief is due 08/07/2020. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [691230] [JAL] [Entered: 04/30/2020 11:58 AM]
April 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 23 MODIFIED ENTRY: OPENING BRIEF FILED for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Number of Pages: 38. Service: 04/28/2020 by email. Unless ordered otherwise, any responsive deadline runs from the date of service of this brief. See Fed. Cir. R. 31. [690600] --[Edited 04/30/2020 by JAL - Compliance review complete] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 04/28/2020 04:11 PM]
April 15, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 22 MOTION of Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC, MIT and Appellee Ford Motor Company to extend the time to 08/07/2020 to file the Ford's Responsive brief from 6/8/2020 until 8/7/2020; EBS and MIT Opening brief from 4/28/2020 until 5/12/2020.. [Consent: unopposed]. Service: 04/15/2020 by email. [687058] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 04/15/2020 10:29 AM]
March 10, 2020 Filing 21 CLERK'S OFFICE QUALITY CONTROL MESSAGE: re: motion to extend time to file brief Docket No. [ # 19 ], ERROR: The certificate of interest included in Appellants' motion was incomplete (missing Statement 5). CORRECTION: For future filings, please ensure that all certificates of interest are complete. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. [677412] [JAL] [Entered: 03/10/2020 08:03 AM]
March 10, 2020 Filing 20 **TEXT ONLY** ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief [ # 19 ] filed by Appellants MIT and Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC. The opening brief is due 04/28/2020. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. This order has been issued without an attached document and is official and binding. [677410] [JAL] [Entered: 03/10/2020 08:01 AM]
March 9, 2020 Filing 19 MOTION of Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT to extend the time to 04/28/2020 to file the April 14, 2020. [Consent: unopposed]. Service: 03/09/2020 by email. [677252] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 03/09/2020 02:24 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 18 REMINDER : Attorney Brian D. Hill is reminded that the information on the Entry of Appearance (EOA) and the information in the user account must match. Please promptly update the EOA or the account information on www.pacer.gov. [675265] [LMN] [Entered: 02/28/2020 03:55 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 17 Entry of appearance for Kirk T. Bradley as of counsel for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675168] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 02/28/2020 01:08 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 16 Entry of appearance for Natalie C. Clayton as of counsel for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675165] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 02/28/2020 01:06 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 15 Entry of appearance for Brian D. Hill as of counsel for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675163] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 02/28/2020 01:04 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 14 Entry of appearance for Andrew J. Ligotti as of counsel for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675161] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 02/28/2020 01:02 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 13 Transcript Purchase Order Form for the Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT indicating that a transcript is already on file. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675159] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 02/28/2020 01:01 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 12 Docketing Statement for the Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675157] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 02/28/2020 01:00 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 11 Certificate of Interest for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675156] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 02/28/2020 12:59 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 10 Docketing Statement for the Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675155] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 02/28/2020 12:57 PM]
February 28, 2020 Filing 9 Entry of appearance for Michael S. Connor as principal counsel for Appellee Ford Motor Company. Service: 02/28/2020 by email. [675154] [20-1472] [Michael Connor] [Entered: 02/28/2020 12:51 PM]
February 24, 2020 Filing 8 Certificate of Interest for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 02/24/2020 by email. [673813] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 02/24/2020 06:44 PM]
February 21, 2020 Filing 7 Corrected Entry of appearance for Steven Seigel as of counsel for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 02/21/2020 by email. [673435] [20-1472] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 02/21/2020 05:31 PM]
February 21, 2020 Filing 6 NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: The submission of Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT, Entry of Appearance [ # 5 ], is not in compliance with the rules of this court (see attached). Compliant document is due on 02/28/2020. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [673401] [LMN] [Entered: 02/21/2020 04:44 PM]
February 19, 2020 Filing 5 Entry of appearance for Steven Seigel as of counsel for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 02/19/2020 by email. [672637] [20-1472] This document is non-compliant. See Doc No. [ # 6 ] [Steven Seigel] [Entered: 02/19/2020 07:19 PM]
February 14, 2020 Filing 4 Entry of appearance for Andres C. Healy as of counsel for Appellants MIT and Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC. Service: 02/14/2020 by email. [671699] [20-1472] [Andres Healy] [Entered: 02/14/2020 05:22 PM]
February 14, 2020 Filing 3 Entry of appearance for William D. O'Connell as of counsel for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 02/14/2020 by email. [671577] [20-1472] [William O'Connell] [Entered: 02/14/2020 02:41 PM]
February 14, 2020 Filing 2 Entry of appearance for Matthew R. Berry as principal counsel for Appellants Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and MIT. Service: 02/14/2020 by email. [671571] [20-1472] [Matthew Berry] [Entered: 02/14/2020 02:31 PM]
February 14, 2020 Filing 1 Appeal docketed. Received: 02/12/2020. [671272] Entry of Appearance is due 02/28/2020. Certificate of Interest is due on 02/28/2020. Docketing Statement is due 02/28/2020. Appellant's brief is due 04/14/2020. [JAL] [Entered: 02/14/2020 08:13 AM]

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Plaintiff / appellant: THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Represented By: William Daniel O'Connell
Represented By: Matthew Robert Berry
Represented By: Andres Healy
Represented By: Steven M. Seigel
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Plaintiff / appellant: ETHANOL BOOSTING SYSTEMS, LLC
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Defendant / appellee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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