[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9354]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337-TA-396]
Certain Removable Electronic Cards and Electronic Card Reader
Devices and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Decisions To
Extend Deadline for Determining Whether to Review Final Initial
Determination and To Extend Target Date for Completion of Investigation
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined to extend by seventeen calendar days (1) the
deadline for deciding whether to review the presiding administrative
law judge's (``ALJ's'') final initial determination (ID) issued on
March 24, 1998, and (2) the target date for completion of the
investigation. The deadline for deciding whether to review the ID is
now May 28, 1998; the target date for completion of the investigation
is now July 20, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Diehl, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 202-
205-3095.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission instituted this investigation
on April 2, 1997, based on a complaint filed by Innovatron S.A. of
Paris, France, in which Innovatron alleged that Thomson Multimedia,
S.A. of Paris, France, and Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. of
Indianapolis, Indiana, violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, by importing and selling certain removable
electronic cards and electronic card reader devices and products
containing same that infringe claim 8 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,404,464.
The presiding ALJ initially set April 2, 1998, as the target date
for completion of the investigation, with his final ID to be issued by
January 2, 1998. He subsequently extended the target date for
completion to July 2, 1998, with his final ID to be issued by April 2,
1998. The final ID was actually issued on March 24, 1998.
This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and Commission rules
210.42 and 210.51, 19 CFR 210.42 and 210.51. Copies of the ALJ's ID and
all other nonconfidential documents filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be 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., Washington,
D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. Hearing-impaired persons are
advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting
the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. General information
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).
Issued: April 3, 1998.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9354 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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