After a seven-year battle between two biotechnology companies for fees involving the lease of antibody technology, lessor Bioquest received a $2.5 million judgment recently from a Los Angeles jury.

The award, handed down in April in Bioquest Venture Leasing v. VivoRx Autoimmune, will ultimately come out of the pockets of one of the nation’s richest. Patrick Soon-Shiong is ranked 116th on Forbes‘ list of the country’s 400 richest people, showing a net worth of $2.2 billion.