Legal Opinion
Merrill Hebert v. Lisle Corporation, Defendant/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 16, 1996No. 95-1114, 95-1153PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Mr. Merrill P. Hebert, proprietor of an automobile repair shop in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, invented a tool for the removal and reinstallation of warped exhaust engine manifolds and obtained United States Patent No. 4,914,940 (the ’940 patent). While the patent application was pending he submitted his invention to the Lisle Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty automotive tools. The submission was rejected. Lisle later commercialized a similar tool. Upon Mr. Hebert’s suit for patent infringement the United States District Court for the Western District of…
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