Legal Opinion
Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided June 17, 1994No. 426-73PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON DAMAGES
TURNER, Judge.
Hughes Aircraft Company owns U.S. Patent No. 8,758,051, entitled “Velocity Control and Orientation of a Spin-Stabilized Body,” which describes an apparatus for controlling the attitude of a spin-stabilized spacecraft. The patent was issued to Hughes on September 11, 1973, as assignee of inventor and former Hughes employee, Donald D. Williams. The patent, commonly referred to as the Williams patent, expired on September 11, 1990.
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Hughes brought this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1498, seeking just compensation for the unlicensed use or manufacture by or for the…
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