Pacific Technica Corp. v. United States

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

This is a patent case which comes before this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1498 (1982).1 Plaintiff, Pacific Technica, a California Corporation, contends that it is entitled to compensation for past, present and future unlicensed use or manufacture by defendant of three patented inventions assigned to plaintiff. Defendant asserts that the patents are invalid or unenforceable.

The inventions at issue are disclosed in the following U.S. Patent Nos.: 3,714,900 (sabot patent) entitled “Discarding Sabot Projectiles” issued February 6, 1973, on an application…