[3][4][2] This statute "allows federal agencies and thirdparty government contractors to manufacture and/or use any invention without authorization from the patent holder.
[2] In Advanced Software Design Corp. v. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the court expanded the statute's interpretation to give immunity from liability to private companies as well as persons who are performing work on behalf of the government.
[9] In 2010 the United States Army completed the development of a green bullet, the M855 A1, which was part of its lead-free initiative begun in the 1990s.
[2][11][10] In a May 18, 2016, letter to Secretary Robert McDonald The United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) suggested that the Secretary "utilize federal law, specifically 28 USC § 1498, to break the patents on these drugs to authorize third parties to manufacture or import them for government use" through section 1498".
[15][16][17] Louisiana and other states were forced to ration Sofosbuvir by delaying treatment of Medicaid hepatitis patients until the liver presented more severe damage.