Ernest Samuel Nossen and E. S. Nossen Laboratories, Inc. v. The United States

OPINION

NICHOLS, Judge. *

This is a patent suit under Title 28 U.S.C. § 1498 (1964) for reasonable and entire compensation for the unauthorized use of plaintiffs’ patented invention. Plaintiffs allege infringement of claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 of U.S. Patent No. 2,737,445, issued on March 6, 1956, to plaintiff Ernest Samuel Nossen for “Process for the Thermal Decomposition of Metal Nitrates.” The application for patent was filed September 14, 1951. Plaintiff E. S. Nossen Laboratories, Inc. is the exclusive licensee under U.S. Patent No. 2,737,445. The parties have agreed to defer trial…