Certain Semiconductor Devices 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 August 18, 2004, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337, on behalf of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. of Hsinchu, Taiwan, TSMC North America of San Jose, California, and WaferTech L.L.C. of Camas, Washington. Supplements to the complaint were filed on September 7 and September 15, 2004. 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 semiconductor devices and products containing same by reason of infringement of claims 1 and 11 of U.S. Patent No. 6,121,091, claims 1-6 and 8-15 of U.S. Patent No. 6,251,795, and claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 15, and 16 of U.S. Patent No. 6,235,653 and also by reason of misappropriation of trade secrets, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States. The complaint further alleges that there exists an industry in the United States with respect to the asserted intellectual property rights. The complainants re