[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7235]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Certain EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, and Flash Microcontroller
Semiconductor Devices and Products Containing Same; Notice of
Investigation
[Investigation No. 337-TA-395]
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the
U.S. International Trade Commission on February 18, 1997, under section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337, on
behalf of Atmel Corporation, 2325 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131.
A supplemental complaint was filed on March 10, 1997, accompanied by a
letter dated March 7, 1997. A second supplemental complaint was filed
on March 13, 1997, accompanied by a letter dated March 12, 1997. The
complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 in the
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the
sale within the United States after importation of certain EPROM,
EEPROM, flash memory, and flash microcontroller semiconductor devices
and products containing same by reason of infringement of claim 1 of
U.S. Letters Patent 4,511,811, claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent
4,673,829, claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,794,565, and claims 1-9 of
U.S. Letters Patent 4,451,903. The complaint further alleges that there
exists an industry in the United States as required by subsection
(a)(2) of section 337.
The complainant requests that the Commission institute an
investigation and, after a hearing, issue a permanent exclusion order
and permanent cease and desist orders.
ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information
contained therein, is available for inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Room 112,
Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. Hearing-impaired
individuals are advised that information on this matter can be obtained
by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine E. Lehman, Esq., Office of
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission,
telephone 202-205-2582.
Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,
and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (1996).
Scope of Investigation
Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade
Commission, on March 17, 1997, Ordered that--
(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether
there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the
sale within the United States after importation of certain EPROM,
EEPROM, flash memory, or flash microcontroller semiconductor devices or
products containing same by reason of infringement of claim 1 of U.S.
Letters Patent 4,511,811, claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,673,829,
claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,794,565, or claims 1-9 of U.S. Letters
Patent 4,451,903, and whether there exists an industry in the United
States as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
(2) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of
investigation shall be served:
(a) The complainant is--Atmel Corporation, 2325 Orchard Parkway,
San Jose, California 95131.
(b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint
is to be served:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., 5-5 Keihan-hondori 2-chome, Osaka, 570, Japan
Winbond Electronics Corporation, Number 2, R&D Road VI, Science-Based
Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Winbond Electronics North, America Corporation, 2730 Orchard Parkway,
San Jose, California 95134
Macronix International Co., Ltd., 3F, 4 Creation Road IV, Science-Based
Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Macronix, Inc., (a.k.a. Macronix America, Inc.), 1338 Ridder Park
Drive, San Jose, California 95131.
(c) Christine E. Lehman, Esq., Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Room 401-I, Washington, DC 20436, who shall be the Commission
investigative attorney, party to this investigation; and
(3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Paul J.
Luckern is designated as the presiding administrative law judge.
Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a) of the Commission's Rules,
such responses will be considered by the Commission if received not
later than 20 days after the date of service by the Commission of the
complaint and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for
submitting responses to the complaint will not be granted unless good
cause therefor is shown.
Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each
allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations
of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative
law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent,
to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and
to enter both an initial determination and a final determination
containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of a limited
exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against
such respondent.
Issued: March 18, 1997.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7235 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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