International trade · 20/08/2002

Certain Ammonium Octamolybdate Isomers; Notice of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 18, 2002, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Climax Molybdenum Company of Phoenix, Arizona. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on August 7, 2002. 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 ammonium octamolybdate isomers by reason of infringement of claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,985,236. 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 a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.