Tri-Collar, Inc. v. Reamco, Inc.

OPINION

SHAW, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are Bill G. Parker, patentee, and Tri-Collar, Inc., exclusive licensee. The defendants are LOR, Inc. and Reamco, Inc., a Division of Sun Oil Company. Parker claims that he is the original and first inventor of a unique bottom hole stabilizer tool used in the drilling of oil wells to prevent wall sticking of drill collars and to enable proper and better drilling through the use of packed or bottom hole assemblies. The stabilizer invention was filed as a United States Patent Application in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on November 18,1969,…