[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9354]



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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-396]


Certain Removable Electronic Cards and Electronic Card Reader 
Devices and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Decisions To 
Extend Deadline for Determining Whether to Review Final Initial 
Determination and To Extend Target Date for Completion of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade 
Commission has determined to extend by seventeen calendar days (1) the 
deadline for deciding whether to review the presiding administrative 
law judge's (``ALJ's'') final initial determination (ID) issued on 
March 24, 1998, and (2) the target date for completion of the 
investigation. The deadline for deciding whether to review the ID is 
now May 28, 1998; the target date for completion of the investigation 
is now July 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Diehl, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 202-
205-3095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission instituted this investigation 
on April 2, 1997, based on a complaint filed by Innovatron S.A. of 
Paris, France, in which Innovatron alleged that Thomson Multimedia, 
S.A. of Paris, France, and Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. of 
Indianapolis, Indiana, violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, by importing and selling certain removable 
electronic cards and electronic card reader devices and products 
containing same that infringe claim 8 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,404,464.
    The presiding ALJ initially set April 2, 1998, as the target date 
for completion of the investigation, with his final ID to be issued by 
January 2, 1998. He subsequently extended the target date for 
completion to July 2, 1998, with his final ID to be issued by April 2, 
1998. The final ID was actually issued on March 24, 1998.
    This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and Commission rules 
210.42 and 210.51, 19 CFR 210.42 and 210.51. Copies of the ALJ's ID and 
all other nonconfidential documents filed in connection with this 
investigation are or will be available for inspection during official 
business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, 
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. Hearing-impaired persons are 
advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting 
the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

    Issued: April 3, 1998.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9354 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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