[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20712-20713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08159]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1262]


Certain Skin Rejuvenation Resurfacing Devices, Components 
Thereof, and Products Containing the Same; Institution of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on March 16, 2021, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of InMode Ltd. of 
Israel and Invasix Inc. d/b/a InMode of Lake Forest, California. 
Supplements to the complaint were filed on April 1 and April 5, 2021. 
The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain skin 
rejuvenation resurfacing devices, components thereof, and products 
containing the same by reason of infringement of a claim of U.S. Patent 
No. 10,799,285 (``the '285 patent''). The complaint further alleges 
that an industry in the United States exists as required by the 
applicable Federal Statute. The complainants request that the 
Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, 
issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information 
contained therein, may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email 
[email protected]. 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 https://www.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Hiner, Office of the 
Secretary, Docket Services Division, U.S. International Trade 
Commission, telephone (202) 205-1802.

Supplementary Information: 
    Authority:
     The authority for institution of this investigation is contained 
in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, 
and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2020).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on April 15, 2021, 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 products 
identified in paragraph (2) by reason of infringement of claim 1 of the 
'285 patent; and whether an industry in the United States exists as 
required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;
    (2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the

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plain language description of the accused products or category of 
accused products, which defines the scope of the investigation, is 
``skin resurfacing devices, punctile resurfacing systems, radio-
frequency microneedling systems, and components of each'';
    (3) 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 complainants are:

InMode Ltd., Tavor Building Shaar Yokneam, P.O. Box 533, Yokneam 
2069206, Israel
Invasix Inc. d/b/a InMode, 20996 Bake Parkway, Suite 106, Lake Forest, 
CA 92630

    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and the parties upon which the complaint is 
to be served:

ILOODA Co., Ltd., 120 Jangan-ro 458beon-gil, Jangan-gu Suwon, 16200, 
Republic of Korea
Cutera, Inc., 3240 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, CA 94005

    (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the 
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
    The Office of Unfair Import Investigations is not a party to this 
investigation.
    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(e) and 210.13(a), as amended in 85 FR 15798 
(March 19, 2020), such responses will be considered by the Commission 
if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the 
complainants 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 an initial determination and a final determination containing 
such findings, and may result in the issuance of an exclusion order or 
a cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: April 15, 2021.
Lisa Barton
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-08159 Filed 4-20-21; 8:45 am]
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