International trade · 05/11/1997

Certain Integrated Circuits and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 30, 1997, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Fujitsu Limited, 6-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan, and Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc., 3545 North First Street, San Jose, California 95134. A supplement to the complaint was filed on October 15, 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 integrated circuits and products containing same by reason of infringement of claims 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,641,166 and claims 1, 6, 14, 15, 18, 27, and 37 of U.S. Letters Patent B1 4,352,724. The complaint further alleges 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.