Twin Disc, Inc. v. United States

This is a request under Rule 53(c)(2)(ii) by a nonparty in a patent infringement suit for interlocutory review of Trial Judge Seto’s refusal to order immediate reimbursement of *866the nonparty’s expenses in complying with the plaintiffs discovery requests. We deny the request for review.

The plaintiff is suing the government for patent infringement arising out of of the government’s purchase of marine propulsion pumps from Aerojet-General Corporation ("Ae-rojet”). Under Aerojet’s contracts with the government, in a patent infringement suit the contracting officer may request and Aerojet will…