[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11028]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-432]


Certain Semiconductor Chips With Minimized Chip Package Size and 
Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on March 28, 2000, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Tessera, Inc., of San Jose, California. Letters supplementing the 
complaint were filed on April 14, 2000 and April 19, 2000. The 
complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 in the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain 
semiconductor chips with minimized chip package size and products 
containing same by reason of infringement of claims 6 and 22 of U.S. 
Letters Patent 5,679,977, and claims 1, 3, and 11 of U.S. Letters 
Patent 5,852,326. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the 
United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
    The complainant requests that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent limited 
exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.

ADDRESSES: The complaint and supplements, except for any confidential 
information contained therein, are available for inspection during 
official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., 
Room 112, Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. 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 
(http://www.usitc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin D. M. Wood, Office of Unfair 
Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 
202-205-2582.

    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation 
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, 19 C.F.R. 210.10 (1999).

    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on April 27, 2000, 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 
semiconductor chips with minimized chip package size or products 
containing same by reason of infringement of claims 6 or 22 of U.S. 
Letters Patent 5,679,977 or claims 1, 3, or 11 of U.S. Letters Patent 
5,852,326, and whether an industry in the United States exists as 
required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
    (2) 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--Tessera, Inc., 3099 Orchard Drive, San 
Jose, California 95134.
    (b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
is to be served:

Texas Instruments, Inc., 13500 North Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas 
75243.
Sharp Corporation, 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Sharp Electronics Corporation, 1 Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430.

    (c) Benjamin D. M. Wood, Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Room 401-I, 
Washington, D.C. 20436, who shall be the Commission investigative 
attorney, party to this investigation; and
    (3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Sidney 
Harris is designated as 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(d) and 210.13(a), such responses will be 
considered by the Commission if received no later than 20 days after 
the date of service by the Commission of the complaint and notice of 
investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the 
complaint 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 both an initial determination and a final determination 
containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of a limited 
exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against 
such respondent.

    Issued: April 27, 2000.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-11028 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]
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