In the Matter of Certain Microlithographic Machines and Components Thereof; Notice of Investigation

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 21, 2001, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Nikon Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, Nikon Precision Inc. of Belmont, California, and Nikon Research Corporation of America, also of Belmont, California. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on January 10, 2002. The complaint as supplemented alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States and the sale within the United States after importation of certain microlithographic machines and systems, and components thereof, by reason of infringement of claim 15 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,638,211, claims 1, 8, 12, and 17 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,233,041, claim 19 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,473,410, claims 1 and 30 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,271,640, claims 1 and 7 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,008,500, claims 1 and 16 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,255,796, and claims 1, 78, and 84 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,323,935. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of sectio