15728 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 63 / Wednesday, April 2, 1997 / Notices

Type of Respondents: Small business

or other institutions qualifying as small

business under OPIC’s definition

(except farms); individuals qualifying as

small business under OPIC’s definition.

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: Small

U.S. companies or citizens investing

overseas.

Reporting Hours: 4 hours per project.

Number of Responses: 50 per year.

Federal Cost: $750 per year.

Authority for Information Collection:

Section 231 and 234(a), 239(d) and

240A of the Foreign Assistance Act of

1961, as amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The small

business application is the principal

document used by OPIC to determine

the small business investor’s and

project’s eligibility, assess the

environmental impact developmental

effects of the project measure the

economic effects for the United States

and the host country economy, and

collect information for underwriting

analysis.

Dated: March 26, 1997.

James R. Offutt,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–8292 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337–TA–396]

Certain Removable Electronic Cards

and Electronic Card Reader Devices

and Products Containing Same; Notice

of Investigation

AGENCY: International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation

pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

complaint was filed with the U.S.

International Trade Commission on

February 11, 1997, under section 337 of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19

U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Innovatron

S.A., 1 rue Danton, Paris, France 75006.

On March 12, 1997, the Commission

extended by two weeks the thirty-day

period for determining whether to

institute an investigation based on the

complaint. An amended complaint was

filed on March 14, 1997 and a

supplement was filed on March 20,

1997. The amended 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 removable

electronic cards and electronic card

reader devices and products containing

same that infringe claim 8 of U.S.

Letters Patent 4,404,464.

The complainant requests that the

Commission institute an investigation

and, after a hearing, issue a permanent

exclusion order and permanent cease

and desist orders.

ADDRESSES: The amended complaint,

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 202–205–1802.

Hearing-impaired individuals are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William F. Heinze, Esq., Office of Unfair

Import Investigations, U.S. International

Trade Commission, telephone 202–205–

2574.

AUTHORITY: The authority for institution

of this investigation is contained in

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended, and in § 210.10 of the

Commission’s rules of practice and

procedure, 19 CFR 210.10.

Scope of Investigation

Having considered the complaint, the

U.S. International Trade Commission,

on March 26, 1997, 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 removable

electronic cards or electronic card

reader devices or products

containing same by reason of

infringement of claim 8 of U.S.

Letters Patent 4,404,464, and

whether there exists an industry in

the United States 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—Innovatron

S.A., 1, rue Danton, Paris, France

75006

(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: Thomson Multimedia, S.A.,

9 Place des Vosges, La Defense

Cedex, Paris, France

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.,

10330 North Meridian Street,

Indianapolis, Indiana 46290

(c) William F. Heinze, Esq., Office of

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S.

International Trade Commission,

500 E Street, S.W., Room 401–P,

Washington, DC 20436, 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 § 210.13 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to

§§ 201.16(d) and 210.13(a) of the

Commission’s rules, 19 CFR 201.16(d)

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 and the 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: March 27, 1997.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8363 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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