Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 23, 2002, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Little Neck, New York. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on August 14, 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 ground fault circuit interrupters ("GFCIs") and products containing same by reason of infringement of claims 1-4 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,595,894. 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 general exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.