Orthman Manufacturing, Inc. v. Chromalloy American Corp.

OPINION, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

ROBERT D. MORGAN, Chief Judge.

This is a suit for patent infringement. Plaintiff, a Nebraska corporation, is a relatively small manufacturer of farm implements, with emphasis upon the manufacture of an implement commonly referred to as a tool bar. It is the owner of the two patents in suit, namely, Orthman U. S. Patents numbered 3,774,693, issued November 27, 1973, and 3,941,194, issued March 2, 1976. The claims in issue of both patents relate to the structure of a hydraulically foldable tool bar.

The defendant is a national conglomerate…