[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2656-2657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-806]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-506]


In the Matter of Certain Optical Disk Controller Chips and 
Chipsets and Products Containing Same, Including DVD Players and PC 
Optical Storage Devices; Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review an 
Initial Determination Terminating the Investigation as To Claims 2-6, 
8-10, and 11 of U.S. Patent No. 6,466,736 and Claims 2-4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 
15-18, 20, 22-34, and 35 of U.S. Patent No. 6,546,440

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 the presiding administrative 
law judge's (``ALJ's'') initial determination (``ID'') terminating the 
investigation as to certain patent claims.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clara Kuehn, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-3012. 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, SW., 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this 
investigation may be

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viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information 
on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD 
terminal on 202-205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission instituted this investigation 
on April 14, 2004, based on a complaint filed on behalf of Zoran 
Corporation and Oak Technology, Inc. both of Sunnyvale, CA 
(collectively ``complainants).'' 69 FR 19876. The complaint, as 
supplemented, alleged violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 in the importation into the United States, the sale for 
importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of 
certain optical disk controller chips and chipsets and products 
containing same, including DVD players and PC optical storage devices, 
by reason of infringement of claims 1-12 of U.S. Patent No. 6,466,736 
(the `736 patent), claims 1-3 of U.S. Patent No. 6,584,527, and claims 
1-35 of U.S. Patent No. 6,546,440 (the `440 patent). The notice of 
investigation identified 12 respondents. On June 7, 2004, the ALJ 
issued an ID (Order No. 5) terminating the investigation as to two 
respondents on the basis of a consent order and settlement agreement. 
On June 22, 2004, the ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 7) granting 
complainants' motion to amend the complaint and notice of investigation 
to add nine additional respondents. Those IDs were not reviewed by the 
Commission.
    On December 22, 2004, complainants moved pursuant to Commission 
rule 210.21(a) to terminate the investigation in part by withdrawal of 
the infringement allegations as to claims 2-6, 8-10, and 11 of the `736 
patent and claims 2-4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 15-18, 20, 22-34, and 35 of the 
`440 patent. No responses to the motion were filed.
    On December 22, 2004, the presiding administrative law judge issued 
an ID (Order No. 33) granting the motion.
    No petitions for review of the ID were filed.
    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: January 11, 2005.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-806 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
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