In the Matter of Certain CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensors and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Resumen

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 7, 2001, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Photobit Corporation and the California Institute of Technology, both of Pasadena, California. A supplement to the complaint was filed on February 27, 2001. 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 CMOS active pixel image sensors and products containing same by reason of infringement of claims 1 and 2 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,841,126, claims 15-19 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,990,506, and claims 6- 8 and 31 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,005,619. 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 permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.