HEBERT v. LISLE CORP.

Nos. 95-1114, 95-1153.

99 F.3d 1109 (1996)

Merrill HEBERT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LISLE CORPORATION, Defendant/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing Declined December 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Keaty, Keaty & Keaty, New Orleans, LA, argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward W. Remus, Banner & Allegretti, Ltd., Chicago, IL, argued, for defendant/cross-appellant. With him on the brief were Kyle K. Kappes, Lawrence H. Aaronson, and Jon O. Nelson. Also on the brief was Joseph L. Lemoine, Jr., Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, of Lafayette, LA.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined in No. 95-1114 December 16, 1996.

PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Mr. Merrill P. Hebert, proprietor of an automobile repair shop in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, invented a tool for the removal and reinstallation of warped exhaust engine manifolds and obtained United States Patent No. 4,914,940 (the '940 patent). While the patent application was pending he submitted his invention to the Lisle Corporation...

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