[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 67194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22018]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-521]


Certain Voltage Regulator Circuits, 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 Consent Order and Settlement Agreement; Issuance of Consent 
Order

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 an initial determination 
(``ID'') of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting 
the joint motion of complainant Linear Technology Corporation and 
respondent Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. to terminate the above-
captioned investigation on the basis of a settlement agreement and 
consent order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael K. Haldenstein, Esq., Office 
of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-3115. Copies of 
the public version of the ID and 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 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: On August 17, 2004, the Commission 
instituted an investigation under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, based on a complaint filed by Linear Technology 
Corporation of Milpitas, California (``Linear'') alleging a violation 
of section 337 in the importation, sale for importation, and sale 
within the United States after importation of certain voltage regulator 
circuits, components thereof and products containing same by reason of 
infringement of claims 1-6, 31, 34-35, 41, 44-48, and 51-57 of U.S. 
Patent No. 5, 481,178 (``the `178 patent''), and claims 1-19, 31, 34, 
and 35 of U.S. Patent No. 6,580,258. 69 FR 51104 (August 17, 2004). The 
complainant named Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (``MPS'') of Los 
Gatos, California as respondent.
    On March 16, 2005, the ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 12) extending 
the target date in the above-referenced investigation until February 
17, 2006. No party petitioned for review of the ID, the Commission 
declined to review it, and it therefore became the determination of the 
Commission. The ALJ issued another ID (Order No. 16), further extending 
the target date to June 14, 2006. No party petitioned for review of the 
ID, the Commission declined to review it, and it therefore became the 
determination of the Commission.
    On September 30, 2005 Linear and MPS filed their ``Joint Motion to 
Terminate Investigation Based Upon a Settlement Agreement and Consent 
Order.'' On October 7, 2005, the Commission Investigative Staff filed a 
response in support of the joint motion. On October 14, 2005, the ALJ 
issued the subject ID terminating the investigation on the basis of a 
settlement agreement and consent order.
    No party petitioned for review of the ID pursuant to 19 CFR 
210.43(a), and the Commission found no basis for ordering a review on 
its own initiative pursuant to 19 CFR 210.44. The ID thus has become 
the determination of the Commission pursuant to 19 CFR 210.42(h)(3).
    This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and Commission rule 
210.42, 19 CFR 210.42.

    Issued: October 31, 2005.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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