[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23376-23377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08831]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1131]


Certain Wireless Mesh Networking Products and Related Components 
Thereof; Commission Determination To Review in Part and Vacate in Part 
a Final Initial Determination and To Affirm the Finding of No Violation 
of Section 337; Termination of the Investigation

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 to review in part the Administrative Law 
Judge's (``ALJ'') final initial determination (``ID''), issued on 
January 10, 2020, affirm the ID's finding of no violation of section 
337 in the above-referenced investigation, and vacate in part the ID. 
The investigation is terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin S. Richards, Esq., Office of 
the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 708-5453. Copies of non-
confidential documents filed in connection with this investigation may 
be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email 
[email protected]. General information concerning the Commission may 
also be obtained by accessing its internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on 
this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD 
terminal, telephone (202) 205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission instituted this investigation 
on September 10, 2018, based on a complaint, as supplemented, filed by 
SIPCO LLC of Ashburn, Virginia (``SIPCO''). See 83 FR 45681-82 (Sep. 
10, 2018). The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 
based upon the importation into the United States,

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the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after 
importation of certain wireless mesh networking products and related 
components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. 
Patents Nos. 6,914,893 (``the '893 patent''); 7,103,511 (``the '511 
patent''); 8,964,708 (``the '708 patent''); and 9,439,126 (``the '126 
patent''). See id. The notice of investigation names the following 
respondents: Emerson Electric Co. of St. Louis, Missouri; Emerson 
Process Management LLLP of Bloomington, Minnesota; Emerson Process 
Management Asia Pacific Private Limited of Singapore; Emerson Process 
Management Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd. of Nilai, Malaysia; Fisher-
Rosemount Systems, Inc. of Round Rock, Texas; Rosemount Inc. of 
Shakopee, Minnesota; Analog Devices, Inc. of Norwood, Massachusetts; 
Linear Technology LLC of Milpitas, California; Dust Networks, Inc. of 
Union City, California; Tadiran Batteries Inc. of Lake Success, New 
York; and Tadiran Batteries Ltd. of Kiryat Ekron, Israel. See id. The 
Office of Unfair Import Investigations is not a party to this 
investigation. See id.
    During the course of the investigation, respondents Dust Networks, 
Inc., Tadiran Batteries Inc., and Tadiran Batteries Ltd. were 
terminated from the investigation. The remaining respondents are 
Emerson Electric Co.; Emerson Process Management LLLP; Emerson Process 
Management Asia Pacific Private Limited; Emerson Process Management 
Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd.; Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.; Rosemount 
Inc.; Analog Devices, Inc.; and Linear Technology LLC (collectively 
``Respondents''). The asserted claims of the '126 patent and '511 
patent were also terminated from the investigation. The '893 and '708 
patents remain asserted in this investigation.
    On January 10, 2020, the ALJ issued the final ID in this 
investigation. The ID found no violation of section 337. The ID's 
finding included subsidiary findings that SIPCO failed to show 
infringement of any asserted claim of the '893 or '708 patents and that 
all of the remaining asserted claims of the '708 patent were invalid. 
The ID also found that SIPCO failed to satisfy the domestic industry 
requirement for either of the '708 or '893 patents. The ID also 
included the ALJ's recommended determination on remedy bonding. In the 
event the Commission were to find a violation of section 337, the ALJ 
recommended issuance of a limited exclusion order, a cease and desist 
order, and a bond of either 0.1% or 0.05%, depending on the basis for 
the violation finding.
    On January 27, 2020, SIPCO and Respondents submitted petitions 
seeking review of the ID. On February 4, 2020, SIPCO and Respondents 
submitted responses to the others' petitions.
    Having examined the record of this investigation, including the ID, 
the petitions for review, and the responses thereto, the Commission has 
determined to review the ID with respect to (1) the construction of 
``remote wireless device'' in the '708 patent; (2) infringement and 
validity of the '708 patent; (3) infringement and validity of the '893 
patent; and (4) whether SIPCO satisfies the domestic industry 
requirement of section 337 for the '708 or the '893 patent. The 
Commission has determined not to review the remainder of the ID.
    On review, the Commission has determined to affirm the ID's finding 
of no violation of section 337 with regard to the '708 patent and the 
'893 patent. In addition, the Commission has determined to vacate 
certain portions of the final ID. The Commission opinion is issued 
concurrently herewith.
    The investigation is hereby terminated.
    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 part 210 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 
210).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: April 21, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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