Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 29, 2020 / Notices 85663 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1218] 

Notice of a Commission Determination 

Not To Review an Initial Determination 

Granting Leave To Amend the 

Complaint and Notice of Investigation; 

Certain Variable Speed Wind Turbine 

Generators and Components Thereof 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the International Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has determined not to 

review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) 

(Order No. 10) of the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’), 

granting leave to amend the complaint 

and notice of investigation. 

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 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 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: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on September 8, 2020. 85 FR 55492–93 

(Sep. 8, 2020). The complaint, as 

supplemented, was filed by General 

Electric Company (‘‘GE’’) and alleges 

violations of section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 

1337, in the importation into the United 

States, the sale for importation, or the 

sale within the United States after 

importation of certain variable speed 

wind turbine generators and 

components thereof by reason of 

infringement of certain claims of United 

States Patent Nos. 6,921,985 (‘‘the ’985 

patent’’) and 7,629,705 (‘‘the ’705 

patent’’). Id. at 55492. The complaint 

further alleges that a domestic industry 

exists. Id. The Commission’s notice of 

investigation named Siemens Gamesa 

Renewable Energy Inc. of Orlando, 

Florida; Siemens Gamesa Renewable 

Energy A/S of Brande, Denmark; and 

Gamesa Electric, S.A.U. of Zamudio, 

Spain (collectively ‘‘SGRE’’). Id. at 

55493. The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations is not participating in this 

investigation. Id. 

On November 13, 2020, GE moved for 

leave to amend the complaint and 

notice of investigation to add 

independent claim 15 and dependent 

claims 16 and 21–24 to the asserted 

claims of the ’985 patent and dependent 

claim 2 for the ’705 patent. On 

November 25, 2020, SGRE filed a brief 

opposing the motion. 

On December 2, 2020, the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued 

the subject ID granting the motion and 

allowing GE leave to amend the 

complaint and notice of investigation to 

add the requested claims. The ALJ 

reached that conclusion by finding that 

the record supported the conclusion 

that GE did not obtain information 

supporting allegations of infringement 

as to the additional claims until after it 

filed the complaint in this investigation. 

The ALJ also found that granting the 

motion would not prejudice the parties’ 

rights in the investigation because the 

additional claims would not expand the 

scope of accused products at issue in 

the investigation, and adequate time 

remains in fact discovery, scheduled to 

close on March 5, 2021. No petitions for 

review of the ID were received. 

The Commission vote for this 

determination took place on December 

18, 2020. The following claims have 

been added to the investigation: claims 

15–16 and 21–24 of the ’985 patent and 

claim 2 of the ’705 patent. 

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: December 21, 2020. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28673 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1202] 

Certain Synthetic Roofing 

Underlayment Products and 

Components Thereof; Commission 

Determination Not To Review an Initial 

Determination Terminating the 

Investigation as to All Respondents 

Based on Withdrawal of the Complaint; 

Termination 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. 23) of the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) 

granting complainant’s unopposed 

motion to terminate the above-captioned 

investigation as to all respondents based 

on withdrawal of the complaint. 

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 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 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; 


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