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ORTMAN v. STANRAY CORPORATION

No. 18379.

437 F.2d 231 (1971)

Charles E. ORTMAN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANRAY CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Faier, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant; John A. Wright, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Patrick H. Hume, Richard G. Lione, Sabin C. Bronson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee; Hume, Clement, Hume & Lee, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This appeal raises questions concerning the interpretation of a contract for the assignment of a patent and the application of the parol evidence rule.

The plaintiff, Charles E. Ortman, Jr., is the inventor of a device for truing metal wheels of the type used on railroad cars. On May 11, 1959 plaintiff filed an application entitled, "Cutting Tool and Milling Head Insert Therefor," for a United States patent on this device. On September...

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