Legal Opinion
Hastings v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided October 5, 2007No. 04-1131CPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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ALLEGRA, Judge.
Richard P. Hastings and Nuclear Protection Services, Inc. (plaintiffs) seek compensation from the government, under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), for unlawful use by the Department of Energy (DOE) of a design for storing radioactive waste in a rock formation. Plaintiffs contend that DOE made unauthorized use of the invention claimed in the patent in designing and creating a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
The parties have filed cross-motions for summary judgment that preliminarily present issues concerning the construction of two elements in the patent’s claims.…
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