Deuterium Corp. v. United States

ORDER

RADER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Deuterium Corporation, seeks compensation from the United States on several counts, including patent infringe*699ment. Plaintiff’s patent, United States Patent No. 4,123,506 (the '506 patent), covers a process for removing hydrogen sulfide from geothermal steam. Plaintiff contends that the United States Department of Energy used the process at The Geysers geothermal power plant in California.

Before the present judge received this case, plaintiff requested extensive discovery from defendant. Defendant refused to comply on the basis of the attorney-client privilege and…