[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3292]



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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Notice of Extension of the Terms of Certain Section 337 Exclusion 
Orders in Conformity With Section 532(a) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the terms of patent-based 
exclusion orders issued in the investigations listed below have been 
extended in conformity with the provisions of section 532(a) of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), Pub. L. No. 103-465, 108 Stat. 
4809, 4983-4985 (1994) (codified at 35 U.S.C. Secs. 154(a)(2) and 
154(c)(1)).

                                                                        
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                                U.S. patent                             
        Investigation               No.            Expiration date      
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337-TA-59....................     4,113,147  June 6, 1997.              
337-TA-114...................     4,131,869  June 21, 1996.             
337-TA-140...................     4,136,359  April 11, 1997.            
337-TA-161...................     4,109,343  March 10, 1996.            
337-TA-170...................     4,356,600  August 25, 2000.           
337-TA-170...................     4,394,791  May 26, 2001.              
337-TA-174...................     4,174,100  March 27, 1998.            
337-TA-174...................     4,436,126  September 17, 2001.        
337-TA-228...................     4,494,028  September 30, 2002.        
337-TA-240...................     4,392,476  December 23, 2000.         
337-TA-254...................     4,577,263  June 6, 2004.              
337-TA-276...................     4,223,394  February 13, 1999.         
337-TA-276...................     4,519,050  June 17, 2002.             
337-TA-276...................     4,103,189  October 1, 1996.           
337-TA-276...................     4,685,084  June 7, 2005.              
337-TA-276...................     4,392,476  December 23, 2000.         
337-TA-287...................     4,376,966  April 7, 2000.             
337-TA-308...................     4,653,455  June 19, 2005.             
337-TA-314...................     4,558,263  December 6, 2003.          
337-TA-314...................     4,709,958  September 22, 2006.        
337-TA-319...................     4,177,931  October 4, 1998.           
337-TA-319...................     4,676,390  July 22, 2006.             
337-TA-319...................     4,765,505  June 22, 2006.             
337-TA-320...................     4,559,872  April 30, 2004.            
337-TA-324...................     4,740,213  October 22, 2006.          
337-TA-333...................     4,805,505  March 2, 2008.             
337-TA-337...................     4,446,436  May 18, 2001.              
337-TA-344...................     4,336,652  August 1, 2000.            
337-TA-365...................     4,950,107  October 12, 2008.          
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Kelly, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 202-
205-3106.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Patent-based exclusion orders in Commission 
investigations instituted under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337, et. seq.) remain in force until the 
expiration dates of the underlying United States patents. Prior to the 
enactment of the URAA, the term of a United States utility patent was 
17 years, measured from the date the patent was issued by the U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office.
    Section 532(a) of the URAA (35 U.S.C. 154(a)(2) and (c)(1)) 
provides that all utility patents in force on, or resulting from 
applications filed before, June 8, 1995, will have a term that is the 
greater of 17 years from the date of issue or 20 years from the date 
the application for patent was first filed. Accordingly, the terms of 
the exclusion orders issued in connection with the above listed 
investigations have been extended to the dates listed above in 
conformity with section 532(a) of the URAA. For further information, 
see Certain Microsphere Adhesives Process for Making Same, and Products 
Containing Same, Including Self-Stick Repositionable Notes, USITC Inv. 
No. 337-TA-366, Commission Opinion (Public Version) at 24 (December 15, 
1995). Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on the 
matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 
202-205-1810.

    Issued: February 9, 1996.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-3292 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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