Technitrol, Inc. v. The United States

OPINION

DAVIS, Judge.

This is a patent suit under 28 U.S.C. § 1498 in which plaintiff seeks “reasonable and entire compensation” for alleged unauthorized manufacture for and use by the Federal Government of inventions described and claimed in U. S. Patent No. 2,611,813, entitled “Magnetic Data Storage System”, issued to joint inventors T. K. Sharpless and E. S. Eickert, Jr. in 1952. Plaintiff Technitrol, Inc. is the record owner of this patent— the Sharpless patent. Plaintiff’s petition charges infringement of claims 1-4, 6-14, and 16-24. 1

Believing that it is free to use the patented…