Handel międzynarodowy · 14.09.1994

Notice of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 8, 1994, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Ovonic Battery Company, Inc., 1707 Northwood Drive, Troy, MI 48094 and Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., 1675 West Maple Road, Troy, MI 48094. An amendment to the complaint was filed on August 11, 1994, and an amendment and supplement was filed on August 30, 1994. The complaint, as amended and supplemented, alleges violation 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 rechargeable nickel metal hydride anode materials and batteries, and products containing same, by reason of alleged infringement of claims 1-17, 22- 23, 25, 27, and 32 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,623,597, and that there exists an industry in the United States as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after a hearing, issue a permanent exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders.