Certain Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Systems and Components Thereof; Notice of Investigation

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 18, 1997, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Ciena Corporation, 8530 Corridor Road, Savage, MD 20763. On March 13, 1997, the Commission extended by two weeks the thirty-day period for determining whether to institute an investigation based on the complaint. On March 17, 1997, Ciena filed an amended complaint. Supplementary letters were filed on March 21 and 25, 1997. The complaint, as amended and 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 dense wavelength division multiplexing systems and components thereof by reason of infringement of claims 1-7 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,557,439 and claims 1-10 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,504,609. The complaint further alleges that there exists an industry in the United States 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 exclusion order