Certain Quartz Slabs and Portions Thereof Institution of Investigation

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 14, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Cambria Company LLC of Belle Plaine, Minnesota. The complaint, as supplemented, 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 quartz slabs and portions thereof by reason of infringement of the claims of U.S. Patent No. D712,670 ("the '670 patent"); U.S. Patent No. D713,154 ("the '154 patent"); U.S. Patent No. D737,058 ("the '058 patent"); U.S. Patent No. D737,576 ("the '576 patent"); U.S. Patent No. D737,577 ("the '577 patent"); and U.S. Patent No. D738,630 ("the '630 patent"). 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 general exclusion order, or in the alternative a limited exclusion order, and cease and desist orders.