Weiss v. United States

DECISION

SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

Richard J. Weiss, Stephen Solender, Arthur Michael Solender, and Elsie Solender brought an action in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts under 35 U.S.C. § 183. In then-action, they sought compensation from the United States for damages allegedly incurred as a result of the government’s imposition of two secrecy orders on Mr. Weiss’s patent application. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the United States and denied appellants’ motion for partial summary judgment, concluding that appellants had failed to present…