[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-905]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-530]


In the Matter of Certain Electric Robots and Component Parts 
Thereof; 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 December 16, 2004, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
FANUC Robotics America, Inc. of Rochester Hills, Michigan. A letter 
supplementing the complaint was filed on January 4, 2005. The complaint 
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 electric robots and component parts 
thereof by reason of infringement of claims 1-24 of U.S. Patent No. 
6,477,913. 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, 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) at http://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Baer, Esq., Office of Unfair 
Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 
(202) 205-2221.

    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 (2004).

    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on January 10, 2005, 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 electric 
robots or component parts thereof by reason of infringement of one or 
more of claims 1-24 of U.S. Patent No. 6,477,913, 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--

    FANUC Robotics America, Inc., 3900 W. Hamlin Road, Rochester Hills, 
Michigan 48309.
    (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:

    Behr Systems, Inc., 2469 Executive Hills Blvd., Auburn Hills, 
Michigan 48326.
    D[uuml]rr AG, Otto-D[uuml]rr Strasse 8, 70435 Stuttgart, Germany.
    Motoman, Inc., 805 Liberty Lane, West Carrollton, Ohio 45449.
    Yaskawa Electric Corporation, 2-1 Kurosaki-Shiroishi, Yahatanishi-
Ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 806-0004, Japan.

    (c) Kevin Baer, 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 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 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 not 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 and the notice of investigation 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 this notice, and to authorize the administrative 
law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, 
to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and 
to enter a final determination containing such findings, and may result 
in the issuance of a limited exclusion order or cease and desist order 
or both directed against the respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: January 11, 2005.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-905 Filed 1-14-05; 8:45 am]
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