Handel międzynarodowy · 7.05.2004

Certain Medical Devices Used to Compact Inner Bone Tissue and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 5, 2004, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Kyphon Inc. of Sunnyvale, California. A supplement to the complaint was filed on April 20, 2004. 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 medical devices used to compact inner bone tissue and products containing same by reason of infringement of claims 1, 3, 7-9, 11, and 14 of U.S. Patent No. 4,969,888, claims 1, 3, 8-10, 12, and 15 of U.S. Patent No. 5,108,404, claims 2, 17, 20, and 23-28 of U.S. Patent No. 6,235,043, and claims 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of U.S. Patent No. 6,248,110. 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 limited exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders.