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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: January 26, 2022. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01917 Filed 1–28–22; 8:45 am] 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1294] 

Certain High-Performance Gravity-Fed 

Water Filters and Products Containing 

the Same; Notice of Institution of 

Investigation 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

December 27, 2021, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on 

behalf of Brita LP of Switzerland. Letters 

supplementing the complaint were filed 

on January 10, 2022. 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 high-performance 

gravity-fed water filters and products 

containing the same by reason of 

infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent No. 8,167,141 (‘‘the ’141 patent’’). 

The complaint 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 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 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: 

Jessica Mullan, Office of Docket 

Services, 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 (2021). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

January 25, 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 

1–6, 20–21, and 23–24 of the ’141 

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 ‘‘gravity-fed water 

filters that meet a specified combination 

of high-performance criteria relating to 

filter rate and lead volume, lead 

reduction, and lifetime usage, and water 

container products that are sold with 

such filters’’; 

(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 complainant is: 

Brita LP, Faubourg du Lac 11, 2000 

Neuchatel NE, Switzerland 

(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: 

EcoLife Technologies, Inc., 17910 Ajax 

Cir, City of Industry, CA 91748 

Qingdao Ecopure Filter Co., Ltd., No. 

13, Yishengbai Road, Environmental 

Protection Industry Zone, Jimo, 

Qingdao, Shandong Province, 266201, 

China 

Kaz USA, Inc., 1 Helen of Troy Plaza, 

El Paso, TX 79912–1150 

Helen of Troy Limited, 1 Helen of Troy 

Plaza, El Paso, TX 79912–1150 

Zero Technologies, LLC, 7 Neshaminy 

Interplex, Suite 116, Trevose, PA 

19053 

Culligan International Co., 9399 W 

Higgins Rd., Rosemont, IL 60018 

Vestergaard Frandsen Inc., 333 W 

Ostend St., Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 

21230 

Mavea LLC, 1800 Blakenship Road, 

Suite 200, West Linn, OR 97068 

Brita GmbH, Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 4, 

65232 Taunusstein, Germany 

(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 will not participate as a 

party in 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 CFR210.13. 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 

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: January 25, 2022. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01850 Filed 1–28–22; 8:45 am] 

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