Certain Lighting Control Devices Including Dimmer Switches and Parts Thereof (IV); Notice of Institution of Investigation; Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337

الملخص

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 16, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain lighting control devices including dimmer switches and parts thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,637,930 ("the '930 patent") and U.S. Patent No. 5,248,919 ("the '919 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.