Legal Opinion
Hughes Aircraft Company v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 20, 1983No. Appeal 426-73PublishedCited by 274 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Hughes Aircraft Company (Hughes) appeals that part of a judgment1 of the United States Claims Court finding non-infringement of U.S. patent No. 3,758,051 (the Williams patent) by the government’s “store and execute” (S/E) spacecraft. The government appeals that part of the judgment holding claims 1, 2, and 3 of the patent valid. We affirm-in-part, reverse-in-part, and remand for a determination of the quantum of recovery for infringement by the accused SKYNET II, NATO II, DSCS II, IMP (H and J), SOLRAD (9 and 10), and PIONEER (10 and 11)2 spacecraft.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. WintersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Autogiro Company of America v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
- United States v. Garrett Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by274 opinions
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