[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44375-44376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21267]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-463]


Certain Power-Saving Integrated Circuits 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 July 20, 2001, under section 337 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., of San Jose, California. Supplements to 
the complaint were filed on July 30, August 1, and August 3, 2001. 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 power saving 
integrated circuits and products containing same that infringe claims 
1-4, 6-10, and 12-15 of United States Patent No. 5,949,261. The 
complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists 
as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
    The complainant requests that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion 
order and permanent cease and desist orders.

ADDRESSES: The complaint and supplement, except for any confidential 
information contained therein, are 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., 
Room 112, Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. Hearing 
impaired individuals are advised that information on this matter can be 
obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. 
Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in 
gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the 
Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the 
Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server at 
http://www.usitc.gov. The public record for this investigation may be 
viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Goalwin, Esq., Office of Unfair 
Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 
202-205-2574.

    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation 
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2000).

    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on August 16, 2001, 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 power saving 
integrated circuits and products containing same by reason of 
infringement of claims 1-4, 6-10, 12-14, or 15 of U.S. Letters Patent 
5,949,261 and whether an industry in the United States exists 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--Cypress Semiconductor Corp.,3901 North 
First Street,San Jose, CA 95134.
    (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:

Pericom Semiconductor Corp., 2830 Bering Drive, San Jose, CA 95131
Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc., 2435 Boulevard of the Generals, 
Norristown, PA 19482

    (c) Anne Goalwin, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Room 401-P, 
Washington, D.C. 20436, who shall be the Commission investigative 
attorney, party to this investigation; and
    (3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Paul J. 
Luckern 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 section 210.13 of 
the

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Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such responses will be considered by 
the Commission if received no 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 to authorize the administrative law judge and the 
Commission, without further notice to that 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 that respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: August 17, 2001.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-21267 Filed 8-22-01; 8:45 am]
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