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Title: NonThermal Plasma "NTP" assisted Catalysis


1
Litex Inc. v. Delphi Automotive Systems Inc.
  • Non-Thermal Plasma ("NTP") assisted Catalysis

2
Company Backgrounds
  • Litex Inc.
  • Delphi Automotive Systems
  • Based in Sherman Oaks, CA
  • Auto emission controls manufacturer
  • Close relations with Lockheed Martin
  • Headquartered in Troy, Michigan
  • Large company offereinga broad range of
    innovative solutions from components to systems
    and modules.

3
Case Background
  • May 2001, Litex, Inc. filed suit against Delphi
    in federal court in the District of Massachusetts
  • Said the auto-parts maker infringed its patents
    for methods to reduce exhaust pollutants.
  • Delphi publicly took the position that the Litex
    lawsuit was without merit
  • Litex demanded that Delphi be restrained from
    further infringement, pay compensatory and treble
    damages, and destroy all devices and prototypes
    which infringed.

4
Technology in question
  • Non Thermal Plasma ("NTP") assisted catalysis.
  • Rapidly emerging as one of the most promising new
    emissions control technologies.
  • Provides reductions of tailpipe pollutants such
    as unburned hydrocarbons, particulates, carbon
    monoxide and nitrogen oxides.

5
  • A non-thermal plasma is in general any plasma
    which is not in thermodynamic equilibrium.
  • It alters the chemical composition of exhaust
    gases, enabling the converter to operate more
    efficiently and making it more fuel sulfur
    tolerant.
  • It is being extensively studied by companies such
    as Ford motor Co., Lockheed Martin, and Lawrence
    Livermore National Laboritories.

6
Significance of Technology
  • The benefits of NTP are expected to assist the
    automobile industry in cost-effectively meeting
    the increasingly stringent emission standards
    such as Tier 2,LEV II and EURO IV.
  • In addition, the technology is expected to be
    enablingtechnology for the introduction of
    advance lean burn gasoline and diesel engines.

7
Litexs Claims
  • Owns Eight patents pertaining to the technology.
  • 3 are joint-owned with Lockheed Martin
  • In July 2001, Litex expanded the infringement
    suit against Delphi
  • The amended complaint cites at least three claims
    in patent 6,253,544 that Delphi infringes.
  • Brian M. Rothery

8
Delphi Automotives Defense
  • Did not believe they infringed any of Litexs
    patents.
  • Believe Litexs patents are invalid.
  • Believe Litexs claim for damages was
    inappropriate and unsupportable because Delphi
    never commercialized the allegedly accused
    technology

9
Court Rulings
  • Trial was set for November 2003.
  • On November 12, both parties agreed to dismiss
    the litigation in favor to submit the case to
    binding arbitration.
  • Arbitration took place mid 2004.
  • Judgment was entered in favor of Delphi
    Automotive.
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