Boeing Co. v. United States

OPINION

ALLEGRA, Judge.

This case is before the court following a trial in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, Louisiana. In this patent ease, the Boeing Company (Boeing) seeks compensation from the United States, under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), for the unlawful use of U.S. Patent No. 4,840,682 (the '682 patent), which is directed to the low temperature underaging of aluminum lithium alloys. In two prior opinions, this court construed the '682 patent, found it valid, and held that the United States, through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had infringed the patent when it…