Legal Opinion
Exxon Research & Engineering Co. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided March 9, 2000No. 98-201 CPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAMICH, Judge.
The Plaintiff, Exxon Research and Engineering Co., alleges that the United States infringed two patents, United States Patent Nos. 5,348,982 and 5,292,705. Both patents concern the process for converting natural gas to premium quality hydrocarbons. More specifically, the ’705 patent concerns how to increase the efficiency of a catalyst used in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction.1 The ’982 patent concerns how to operate a slurry bubble column reactor most efficiently. The United States, through a motion for summary judgment, has challenged the validity of these patents because…
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