[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25628-25629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11827]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-484]


In the Matter of Certain Machine Vision Systems, Parts and 
Components Thereof and Products Containing Same; Notice of a Commission 
Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination Terminating the 
Investigation on the Basis of a Settlement Agreement

AGENCY: 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 the presiding administrative 
law judge's (``ALJ's'') initial determination (``ID'') granting a joint 
motion to terminate the above-captioned investigation on the basis of a 
settlement agreement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy P. Monaghan, Esq., Office of 
the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-3152. Copies of all 
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, SW., Washington, DC 
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

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concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this 
investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission instituted this 
investigation, which concerns allegations of unfair acts in violation 
of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation and sale of 
certain machine vision systems, parts and components thereof and 
products containing same on January 13, 2003, based on a complaint 
filed by Cognex Corporation of Natick Massachusetts. 68 FR 1640. The 
respondents named in the notice of investigation are Nikon Corporation 
of Japan, Nikon Precision, Inc. of Belmont, CA, and Aval Data 
Corporation of Japan. Cognex's complaint alleged that respondents' 
products infringed claims of four patents held by Cognex.
    On March 17, 2003, Cognex and respondents entered into a settlement 
agreement and on April 3, 2002, Cognex and respondents filed a joint 
motion to terminate the investigation on the basis of the settlement 
agreement. The Commission investigative attorney supported the joint 
motion.
    On April 17, 2003, the presiding ALJ issued the subject ID (Order 
No. 5) granting the joint motion of Cognex and respondents to terminate 
the investigation on the basis of the settlement agreement. No party 
filed a petition to review the subject ID.
    The authority for the Commission's determination is contained in 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and 
in section 210.42 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 
(19 CFR 210.42).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: May 7, 2003.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-11827 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]
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