20012 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 71 / Tuesday, April 14, 2015 / Notices 

Dated: March 3, 2015. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Policy and Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08596 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am] 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–954] 

Certain Variable Valve Actuation 

Devices and Automobiles Containing 

the Same Institution of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

March 10, 2015, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 

U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Jacobs Vehicle 

Systems, Inc. of Bloomfield, 

Connecticut. An amended complaint 

was filed on March 24, 2015. A 

supplement to the amended complaint 

was filed on April 3, 2013. The 

complaint, as amended and 

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 

certain variable valve actuation devices 

and automobiles containing the same by 

reason of infringement of certain claims 

of U.S. Patent No. 5,829,397 (‘‘the ’397 

patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 6,474,277 (‘‘the 

’277 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 6,883,492 

(‘‘the ’492 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 

7,059,282 (‘‘the ’282 patent’’); U.S. 

Patent No. 8,776,738 (‘‘the ’738 patent’’); 

and U.S. Patent No. 8,820,276 (‘‘the ’276 

patent’’). The complaint, as amended, 

further alleges that an industry in the 

United States exists or is in the process 

of being established as required by 

subsection (a)(2) of section 337. 

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, as amended, 

except for any confidential information 

contained therein, is 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 SW., Room 112, Washington, DC 

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 at http://

www.usitc.gov. The public record for 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–2560. 

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 CFR 210.10 

(2015). 

Scope Of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, as amended, 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission, on April 8, 2015, 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 variable valve 

actuation devices and automobiles 

containing the same by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 

32 and 33 of the ’397 patent; claim 36 

of the ’277 patent; claims 38–42, 44, and 

45 of the ’492 patent; claims 1, 4, 10, 13, 

15–18, 25, and 27–30 of the ’282 patent; 

claims 1, 3, 5–7, 13–22, 31, 35–50, and 

53–56 of the ’738 patent; and claims 1– 

10, 17, 19–23, and 26–28 of the ’276 

patent, and whether an industry in the 

United States exists or is in the process 

of being established 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: Jacobs Vehicle 

Systems, Inc., 22 East Dudley Town 

Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002. 

(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: 

FCA US LLC, 1000 Chrysler Drive, 

Auburn Hills, MI 48326. 

FCA Me ́xico, S.A. de C.V., Prol. Paseo 

de la Reforma 1240, Desarrollo Santa Fe, 

Me ́xico D.F. 

FCA Melfi S.p.A., Localita ́ San 

Nicola-Zona Industriale Snc, 85025 

Melfi Potenza, Italy. 

FCA Serbia d.o.o. Kragujevac, 4, 

Kosovska Str., Kragujevac 34000, Serbia. 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., Fiat 

House, 240 Bath Road, Slough SL1 4DX, 

United Kingdom. 

(c) The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., Suite 

401, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(3) 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, as 

amended, 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), such responses will be 

considered by the Commission if 

received not later than 20 days after the 

date of service by the Commission of the 

complaint, as amended, and the notice 

of investigation. Extensions of time for 

submitting responses to the complaint, 

as amended, 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, as amended, and in this 

notice may be deemed to constitute a 

waiver of the right to appear and contest 

the allegations of the complaint, as 

amended, 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, 

as amended, 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 9, 2015. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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