Certain Acesulfame Potassium and Blends and Products Containing Same Notice of Investigation

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on October 16, 1997, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337, on behalf of Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties and Food Ingredients GmbH, D--65 926, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, and Nutrinova Inc., 25 Worlds Fair Drive, Somerset, New Jersey 08873. Supplements to the complaint were filed on October 30 and November 10, 1997. 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 acesulfame potassium and blends and products containing same that infringe claims 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,695,629 and claims 1 and 2 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,158,068. The complaint further alleges that there exists an industry in the United States as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after a hearing, issue a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.