Leesona Corp. v. United States

OPINION

NICHOLS, Judge:

In Leesona Corp. v. United States, 530 F.2d 896, 208 Ct.Cl. 871 (1976), this court held that certain claims of three patents owned by plaintiff Leesona were valid and infringed by the defendant United States. The issue in this case is the determination of “reasonable and entire” compensation due plaintiff for that infringement under 28 U.S.C. § 1498, i. e., what is called in these cases the “accounting phase.” Trial Judge Browne, to whom this phase was assigned under our Rule 131(c), determined that Lee-sona was entitled to judgment in the amount of $3,534,753.52, which…