Certain EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, and Flash Microcontroller Semiconductor Devices and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Samenvatting

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. Sec. 1337, on behalf of Atmel Corporation, 2325 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131. A supplemental complaint was filed on March 10, 1997, accompanied by a letter dated March 7, 1997. A second supplemental complaint was filed on March 13, 1997, accompanied by a letter dated March 12, 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 EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, and flash microcontroller semiconductor devices and products containing same by reason of infringement of claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,511,811, claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,673,829, claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,794,565, and claims 1-9 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,451,903. 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