[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62264-62265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25228]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-480]


Certain Panel Fasteners, Products Containing Same, and Components 
Thereof; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: 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 September 4, 2002, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Kason Industries, Inc. of Shenandoah, Georgia. A supplement to the 
complaint was filed on September 19, 2002. 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 panel fasteners, products 
containing same, and components thereof by reason of infringement of 
claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,299,224 and claims 1-4 of U.S. Letters 
Patent 6,409,235. 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 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 Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 112, 
Washington, DC 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: Jay Reiziss, Esq., Office of Unfair 
Import

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Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 202-205-
2579.

    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 CFR 210.10 (2002).

Scope of Investigation

    Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, on September 27, 2002, 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 panel 
fasteners, products containing same, or components thereof by reason of 
infringement of claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,299,224 or claims 1, 
2, 3 or 4 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,409,235 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--

Kason Industries, Inc., 57 Amlajack Blvd., Shenandoah, GA 30265.

    (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:

Cheng Tai Company, Flat A-68F, Mai Hing Industrial, Bldg. 16-18, Hing 
Yip Street, Kwun Tong Kowloon, Hong Kong;
Ningbo Foreign Trading Company, Ltd., No. 1 Youngor Avenue, Ningbo, 
China;
Component Hardware Group, 1890 Swarthmore Avenue, Lakewood, NJ 08701.

    (c) Jay Reiziss, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Suite 401, 
Washington, DC 20436, who shall be the Commission investigative 
attorney, party to this investigation; and
    (3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Delbert R. 
Terrill, Jr. 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 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.

    Issued: September 30, 2002.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-25228 Filed 10-3-02; 8:45 am]
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