International trade · 26/02/1996

Certain Flash Memory Circuits and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint and a motion for temporary relief were filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on January 11, 1996, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of SanDisk Corporation, 3270 Jay Street, Santa Clara, CA 95054. The complaint 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 flash memory circuits and products containing same by reason of alleged infringement of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,418,752 and claims 27, 32, or 44 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,172,338. 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 a full investigation, issue a permanent exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders. The motion for temporary relief requests that the Commission issue a temporary exclusion order and temporary cease and desist orders prohibiting the importation into and the sale within the United States after