International trade · 27/10/2014

Certain Dental Implants; Institution of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 25, 2014, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Nobel Biocare Services AG of Switzerland and Nobel Biocare USA, LLC of Yorba Linda, California. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on October 17, 2014. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain dental implants by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,714,977 ("the `977 patent") and U.S. Patent No. 8,764,443 ("the `443 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.