Legal Opinion
Henry Pratt Co. v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 18, 1966No. 63 C 1727PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PARSONS, District Judge.
The complaint alleges that Plaintiff Donald Fawkes invented a “Valve Seat” and unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a patent on the device. Plaintiff Henry Pratt Company is the assignee of the Fawkes’ invention.
An application for a similar invention was filed by Ira M. White, who assigned his rights thereon to the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, the named Defendant. The Board of Patent Interferences awarded priority of the invention to Ira M. White, and Plaintiffs seek to require the Commissioner of Patents to issue a patent to Donald…
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