[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35791-35793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12684]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1319]


Certain Electronic Devices and Semiconductor Devices With Timing-
Aware Dummy Fill and Components Thereof; 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 April 22, 2022, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Bell 
Semiconductor, LLC of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The complaint was 
supplemented on May 6, 2022, May 13, 2022, and May 19, 2022 (as revised 
on May 25, 2022). The complaint, as supplemented, 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

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certain electronic devices and semiconductor devices with timing-aware 
dummy fill and components thereof by reason of the infringement of 
certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,007,259 (``the '259 patent''). The 
complaint, as supplemented, further alleges that an industry in the 
United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The 
complainant requests 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: Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone (202) 205-2560.

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 (2021).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on June 7, 2022, 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 one or more of 
claims 1-17 and 35-37 of the '259 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 plain language 
description of the accused products or category of accused products, 
which defines the scope of the investigation, is ``semiconductor 
devices, and specifically undiced wafers, diced wafers, packaged chips 
and chipsets both attached and unattached to printed circuit boards; 
and end products incorporating such articles, specifically cellular 
telephones and tablet computers, personal computers, graphics cards, 
memory modules, radios, LIDAR modules, and amplifiers'';
    (3) Pursuant to Commission Rule 210.50(b)(l), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), 
the presiding administrative law judge shall take evidence or other 
information and hear arguments from the parties or other interested 
persons with respect to the public interest in this investigation, as 
appropriate, and provide the Commission with findings of fact and a 
recommended determination on this issue, which shall be limited to the 
statutory public interest factors set forth in 19 U.S.C. l337(d)(l), 
(f)(1), (g)(1);
    (4) 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 complainant is: Bell Semiconductor, LLC, One West Broad 
Street, Suite 901, Bethlehem, PA 18018,
    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
is to be served:

NXP Semiconductors, N.V., 60 High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 
5656
NXP B.V., 60 High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Netherlands, 5656
NXP USA, Inc., 6501 William Cannon Drive West, Austin, TX 78735
SMC Networks, Inc. d/b/a/IgniteNet, 20 Mason, Irvine, CA 92618
Micron Technology, Inc., 8000 South Federal Way, Post Office Box 6, 
Boise, ID 83707
NVIDIA Corporation, 2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2485 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA 
05054
Acer, Inc., 1F, 88, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd. Xizhi, New Taipei City 221, 
Taiwan
Acer America Corporation, 333 West San Carlos Street, Suite 1500, San 
Jose, CA 95110
Infineon Technologies America Corp., 640 N McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 
95035
Analog Devices Inc., 1 Technology Way, Norwood, MA 02062
Bose Corporation, 100 The Mountain Road, Framingham, MA 01701
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd., Canon's Court, 22 Victoria Street, 
Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., 5488 Marvell Lane, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. d/b/a RoboSense, RoboSense 
Building, Block 1, South of Zhongguan Hongjualing Industrial District, 
No. 1213 Liuxian Avenue, Taoyuan Street, Nanshan District, Shenzen 
518023, China
Kioxia Corporation, 3-1-21, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023, Japan
Kioxia America, Inc., 2610 Orchard Pkwy., San Jose, CA 95134
Socionext Inc., Nomura Shin-Yokohama Bldg., 2-10-23 Shin-Yokohama, 
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 222-0033, Japan
Socionext America, Inc., 2811 Mission College Blvd., 5th floor, Santa 
Clara, CA 95054
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121
Lenovo Group Ltd., No. 6 Chuang Ye Road, Shangdi Information Industry 
Base, Haidan District 100085, China
Motorola Mobility LLC, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1800, 
Chicago, IL 60654

    (c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International 
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
    (5) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the 
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
    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 
complainant 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

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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: June 7, 2022.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-12684 Filed 6-10-22; 8:45 am]
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