International trade · 21/12/2000

In the Matter of Certain Field Programmable Gate Arrays and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 16, 2000, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Xilinx, Inc., of California. A supplemental letter was filed on December 1, 2000. 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 field programmable gate arrays and products containing same by reason of infringement of claims 1, 2, 3 and 5 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,343,406, claims 1 and 3 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,432,719, and claim 16 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,861,761. 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 the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.