Opinion
Case No. 00 C 50076
July 10, 2001
Report and Recommendation
This matter comes before the court upon Plaintiffs' motion for entry of an order pursuant to a written settlement agreement. The parties in this case, represented by counsel, entered into a written settlement agreement on May 16, 2001. After reviewing the submissions of the parties, it is the report and recommendation of the magistrate that the following order be entered pusuant to the May 16, 2001, agreement.
1) Ewald, Cartridge Technology Hydraulica and Kaempe have agreed and stipulated, in their settlement agreement, that Ewald and Kaempe have been and continue to be joint owners and co-inventors of the 6152715 patent notwithstanding any representations by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that any assignment may have occurred.
2) No assignment of Kaempe's interest in the 6152715 patent has occurred to any entity, including Cartridge Technology Hydraulics, subsequent to the October 23, 1997, agreement.
3) It is therefore ordered and decreed that Dennis G. Ewald and Staffan I. Kaempe are, and have been, joint owners of the 6152715 patent and are co-inventors of that patent.