Certain Rare-Earth Magnets and Magnetic Materials and Articles Containing the Same; Notice of Investigation

概要

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 31, 1998, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Magnequench International, Inc. of Anderson, Indiana and Sumitomo Special Metals Co., Ltd. of Osaka, Japan. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on August 24, 1998. 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 rare-earth magnets and magnetic materials and articles containing the same by reason of infringement of claims 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 11 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,851,058, claims 1-6, 10, 14-16, and 18-20 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,802,931, claims 13-18 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,496,395, claims 1-9, 12-20, 23-27, and 29-34 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,770,723, claims 1-6, 8-10, 13-19, 21-24, 27-35, and 37-39 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,792,368, and claims 1-3, 5, 15, 18, 19, 21, and 22 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,645,651. The complaint further alleges that there exists an industry in the United States as required by subsection (a)(2)