Legal Opinion
Exxon Research and Engineering Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 19, 2001No. 00-5077PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Exxon Research and Engineering Co. is the assignee of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,292,705 (“the '705 patent”) and 5,348,982 (“the '982 patent”), which are directed to improvements in a method for converting natural gas into liquid hydrocarbon products. Exxon brought suit against the United States in the Court of Federal Claims, asserting that the government infringed the '705 and '982 patents by authorizing Department of Energy subcontractors to use conversion methods covered by the patents. The government filed a motion for summary judgment seeking to have both patents held…
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