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DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 1, 1993                   TAG: 9309010103
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

LITTON WINS BIGGEST PATENT AWARD EVER

In the largest patent-infringement verdict ever, Litton Industries won $1.2 billion in Los Angeles federal court Tuesday on allegations that Honeywell Inc. stole its technology for coating mirrors used in aircraft navigation systems.

U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer must still rule on Honeywell's assertion that Litton obtained the patent improperly.

Honeywell counsel Edward D. Grayson said he was outraged by the verdict. Honeywell denied using any Litton technology.

Investors appeared at first to shrug off the verdict, with Honeywell shares closing up 7/8 at 38 7/8 Tuesday. Litton closed at 66 1/2, up 1. But the verdict came with only about a half-hour of trading left. - Los Angeles Times 


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