Legal Opinion
Boeing Co. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided June 20, 2003No. 00-705 CPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALLEGRA, Judge.
The Boeing Company (Boeing) seeks compensation from the government, under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), for unlawful use by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of an aluminum-lithium alloy in the fuel tank of the Space Shuttle. It contends that the alloy and the processing of aging it are covered by claims in its U.S. Patent No. 4,840,682 (the “ ’682 patent”). At issue in this Markman proceeding is the construction of several elements of those claims.
I. BACKGROUND
Boeing is the owner of the ’682 patent, which is entitled “Low Temperature Under-aging Process…
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