Birchtech says all patent challenges at PTAB end as IPR petitions are terminated

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  • Birchtech moved to terminate all remaining PTAB inter partes review petitions challenging its SEA mercury-removal patents, ending active validity fights.
  • All IPR petitions were dismissed, withdrawn before institution, or resolved; prior challengers are barred from further validity attacks on the patents.
  • A Delaware federal court increased a final judgment to USD 78.4 million in December 2025, following a March 2024 jury verdict on willful infringement.
  • Separate utility-defendant cases filed in 2024 and 2025 were consolidated in the Southern District of Iowa; related IPR filings sought to invalidate the patents.
  • Patent enforcement since 2019 has generated about USD 37 million in license fees and settlements; collection efforts on the USD 78.4 million award continue.


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