[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 153 (Friday, August 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 47988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17324]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1202]


Certain Synthetic Roofing Underlayment Products and Components 
Thereof; Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial 
Determination Granting Complainant's Unopposed Motion To Amend the 
Complaint and Notice of 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 not to review an initial determination 
(``ID'') (Corrected Order No. 6) of the presiding administrative law 
judge (``ALJ'') granting complainant's unopposed motion to amend the 
complaint and notice of investigation in the above-captioned 
investigation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Hadorn, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-3179. 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 June 1, 2020, based on a complaint filed by Kirsch Research and 
Development, LLC (``Kirsch'') of Simi Valley, California. 85 FR 33198-
99 (June 1, 2020). The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), based on the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain synthetic 
roofing underlayment products and components thereof by reason of 
infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,765,251. Id. at 
33198. The complaint further alleges that a domestic industry exists. 
Id. The notice of investigation names eleven respondents: Atlas Roofing 
Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia; CertainTeed Corporation of Malvern, 
Pennsylvania; Dupont De Nemours, Inc. and E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and 
Company, both of Wilmington, Delaware; Epilay, Inc. of Carson, 
California; GAF Corporation of Parsippany, New Jersey; Owens Corning, 
Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt, LLC, and InterWrap Corp., each of 
Toledo, Ohio; System Components Corporation of Issaquah, Washington; 
and TAMKO Building Products, LLC of Joplin, Missouri. Id. The Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations is not named as a party. Id.
    On July 2, 2020, Kirsch filed an unopposed motion to amend the 
complaint and notice of investigation to substitute CertainTeed LLC for 
respondent CertainTeed Corporation and GAF Materials LLC for respondent 
GAF Corporation, which was supported by joint stipulations between 
Kirsch and certain proposed respondents. On July 14, 2020, the ALJ 
issued the subject ID granting the requested relief. No petitions for 
review of the subject ID were filed.
    The Commission has determined not to review the subject ID. The 
complaint and notice of investigation are hereby amended to substitute 
CertainTeed LLC for respondent CertainTeed Corporation and GAF 
Materials LLC with respondent GAF Corporation.
    The Commission vote for this determination took place on August 3, 
2020.
    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 
part 210).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: August 4, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-17324 Filed 8-6-20; 8:45 am]
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