[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 205 (Thursday, October 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67371-67372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23415]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1204]


Certain Chemical Mechanical Planarization Slurries and Components 
Thereof; Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial 
Determination Granting Complainant's Motion To Amend the Complaint and 
the Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade 
Commission has determined not to review an initial determination 
(``ID'') (Order No. 7) of the presiding administrative law judge 
(``ALJ'') granting complainants' motion to amend the complaint and the 
notice of investigation.

[[Page 67372]]


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2392. 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 
on (202) 205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 7, 2020, the Commission instituted 
this investigation under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (``section 337''), based on a complaint filed 
by Cabot Microelectronics Corporation of Aurora, Illinois (``Cabot''). 
85 FR 40685-86 (Jul. 7, 2020). The complaint alleges a violation 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 chemical mechanical planarization slurries and components 
thereof by reason of infringement of one or more of claims 1, 3-6, 10, 
11, 13, 14, 18-20, 24, 26-29, 31, 35-37, and 39-44 of U.S. Patent No. 
9,499,721 (``the '721 patent''). The complaint also alleges the 
existence of a domestic industry. The notice of investigation names as 
respondents DuPont de Nemours, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware; Rohm and 
Haas Electronic Materials CMP Inc. of Newark, Delaware; Rohm and Haas 
Electronic Materials CMP Asia Inc. (d/b/a Rohm and Haas Electronic 
Materials CMP Asia Inc., Taiwan Branch (U.S.A.)) of Taoyuan City, 
Taiwan; Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Asia-Pacific Co., Ltd. of 
Miaoli, Taiwan; Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials K.K. of Tokyo, 
Japan; and Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC of Marlborough, 
Massachusetts. Id. at 40686. The Commission's Office of Unfair Import 
Investigations is also named as a party in this investigation. Id.
    On September 3, 2020, pursuant to Commission Rule 210.14(b)(1), 19 
CFR 210.14(b)(1), complainant Cabot filed a motion for leave to amend 
the complaint and the notice of investigation to assert infringement of 
claims 17 and 46 of the `721 patent. Mot. at 1. The motion states that 
``[a]ll other parties stated that they will not oppose this Motion.'' 
Id. No response was filed.
    On October 1, 2020, the ALJ issued the subject ID (Order No. 7) 
granting complainant's motion. The ID finds that, based on the review 
of the evidence, good cause exists to amend the complaint and the 
notice of investigation to add an allegation of infringement of claims 
17 and 46 of the `721 patent. The ID further finds that this amendment 
would not prejudice the public interest or the rights of the parties to 
the investigation. No party petitioned for review of the ID.
    The Commission has determined not to review the subject ID.
    The Commission vote for this determination took place on October 
16, 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: October 19, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-23415 Filed 10-21-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020-02-P