[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2503-2504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-868]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-415]


Certain Mechanical Lumbar Supports and Products Containing Same; 
Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review An Initial Determination 
Adding a Respondent

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 not to review an initial determination (ID) 
of the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) granting a motion to 
amend the notice of investigation to include Advantage Technologies, 
Inc. (Advantage) of Plymouth, Michigan as a respondent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Diehl, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 202-
205-3095. General information concerning the Commission may be obtained 
by accessing its Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). Hearing-
impaired individuals can obtain information concerning this matter by 
contacting the Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 19, 1998, McCord Win Textron, Inc.

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(Textron) filed a complaint with the Commission alleging violation of 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation and sale of 
certain mechanical lumbar supports and products containing same that 
infringe certain claims of a U.S. patent owned by Textron. The 
Commission instituted an investigation of Textron's complaint on 
September 29, 1998. Advantage was listed as a proposed respondent in 
Textron's complaint, although the Commission did not name it as a 
respondent in the notice of investigation. Five other firms were named 
as respondents. 63 FR 51949 (September 29, 1998).
    On December 4, 1998, complainant Textron moved (Motion No. 415-7) 
to add Advantage as a respondent, based on the company's involvement 
with and connection to the importation, assembly, and sale of the 
allegedly infringing devices. The Commission investigative attorney 
supported the motion, and Advantage and the five original respondents 
opposed the motion.
    On December 16, 1998, the presiding ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 12) 
granting the motion. No party petitioned for review of the ID.
    All nonconfidential documents filed in the investigation, including 
the motion to add Advantage, the Commission investigative attorney's 
response, the joint response of Advantage and the five respondents, and 
the ID, are or will be available for public inspection during official 
business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Commission's Office of 
the Secretary, Dockets Branch, 500 E Street, SW, Room 112, Washington, 
D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-1802.
    This action is taken under authority of section 337 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) and section 210.42(h) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 210.42(h)).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: January 11, 1999.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-868 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]
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