[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11222-11223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6515]



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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337-TA-385]

Certain Random Access Memories, Processes for the Manufacture of 
Same, and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on February 12, 1996, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Main Building, 250, 2-KA, 
Taepyung-ro, Chung-ku, Seoul, Korea. Supplements to the complaint were 
filed on February 29, March 5, and March 8, 1996. The complaint, as 
supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based on the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain random 
access memories and products containing same by reason of infringement 
of claims 1-3 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,947,059, claims 1-7 of U.S. 
Letters Patent 5,444,026, and claims 1 and 5 of U.S. Letters Patent B1 
5,072,134. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United 
States exists or is in the process of being established as required by 
subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
    The complainant requests that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after a hearing, issue a permanent exclusion order 
and a permanent cease and desist order.

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information 
contained therein, is available for inspection during official business 
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the

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Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., 
Room 112, Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-1802. Hearing-
impaired individuals are advised that information on this matter can be 
obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas S. Fusco, Esq., Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone 202-205-2571.

    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation 
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and in Sec. 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, 19 C.F.R. Sec. 210.10.

Scope of Investigation:

    Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, on March 12, 1996, ORDERED THAT--
    (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether 
there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain random 
access memories or products containing same by reason of infringement 
of claims 1-3 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,947,059, claims 1-7 of U.S. 
Letters Patent 5,444,026, or claims 1 or 5 of U.S. Letters Patent B1 
5,072,134, and whether an industry in the United States exists or is in 
the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of 
section 337.
    (2) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the 
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of 
investigation shall be served:
    (a) The complainant is--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Main 
Building, 250, 2-KA, Taepyung-ro, Chung-ku, Seoul, Korea.
    (b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
is to be served:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, 13500 North Central Expressway, Dallas, 
Texas 75265.
Texas Instruments Singapore (PTE) Ltd., 990 Bendemeer Road, Singapore, 
1233, Singapore.
Texas Instruments Japan Ltd., Aoyama Fuji Bldg., 6-12, Kita Aoyama 3-
chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

    (c) Thomas S. Fusco, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Room 401-O, 
Washington, D.C. 20436, shall be the Commission investigative attorney, 
party to this investigation; and
    (3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Sidney 
Harris is designated as the presiding administrative law judge.
    Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be 
submitted by the named respondents in accordance with Sec. 210.13 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR Sec. 210.13. 
Pursuant to Secs. 201.16(d) and 210.13(a) of the Commission's Rules, 19 
CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such responses will be considered by the 
Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of service 
by the Commission of the complaint and the notice of investigation. 
Extensions of time for submitting responses to the complaint will not 
be granted unless good cause therefor is shown.
    Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each 
allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to 
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations 
of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative 
law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, 
to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and 
to enter both an initial determination and a final determination 
containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of a limited 
exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against 
such respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: March 13, 1996.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6515 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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