SKIL CORPORATION v. CUTLER-HAMMER, INC.

No. 17160.

412 F.2d 821 (1969)

SKIL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CUTLER-HAMMER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence J. Fleming, Fred S. Lockwood, Thomas A. Reynolds, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for appellant, James L. McManus, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Albert H. Pendleton, P. Phillips Connor, Gregory B. Beggs, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, FAIRCHILD and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a patent infringement suit involving plaintiff's Gawron Patent No. 3,209,228 (228). This patent relates to an electrical control system for small portable electric tools, such as electric drills.

Gawron, a graduate electrical engineer, spent two years investigating various means for achieving speed control over motors in portable tools. Gawron conceived his invention in April 1962...

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