Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 9 / Wednesday, January 14, 2009 / Notices 2099 

Issued: January 8, 2009. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–559 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Inv. No. 337–TA–666] 

In the Matter of Certain Cold Cathode 

Fluorescent Lamp (‘‘CCFL’’) Inverter 

Circuits and Products Containing 

Same; Notice of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. 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 

December 15, 2008, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 

U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of O2 Micro 

International Ltd. of the Cayman Islands 

and O2 Micro Inc. of Santa Clara, 

California. A letter supplementing the 

complaint was filed on December 24, 

2008. 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 cold cathode fluorescent lamp 

(‘‘CCFL’’) inverter circuits and products 

containing same that infringe certain 

claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,417,382; 

6,856,519; 6,809,938; and 7,120,035. 

The complaint further alleges that an 

industry in the United States exists as 

required by subsection (a)(2) of section 

337. 

The complainants request that the 

Commission institute an investigation 

and, after the investigation, issue 

exclusion orders and cease and desist 

orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint and 

supplement, 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, 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: 

David O. Lloyd, Esq., Office of Unfair 

Import Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, telephone (202) 

205–2576. 

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 

(2008). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

January 8, 2009, 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 cold cathode 

fluorescent lamp (‘‘CCFL’’) inverter 

circuits or products containing same 

that infringe one or more of claims 1, 2, 

4, 6–9, 11, 13, and 14 of U.S. Patent No. 

7,417,382; claim 7 of U.S. Patent No. 

6,856,519; claims 1–3 and 6 of U.S. 

Patent No. 6,809,938; and claim 4 of 

U.S. Patent No. 7,120,035, 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 complainants are — 

O2 Micro International Ltd., Grand 

Pavilion Commercial Centre, West 

Bay Road, Grand Cayman KY1–1209, 

Cayman Islands. 

02 Micro Inc., 3118 Patrick Henry Drive, 

Santa Clara, CA 95054. 

(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: 

Monolithic Power Systems Inc., 6409 

Guadalupe Mines Road, San Jose, CA 

95120. 

Microsemi Corporation, 2381 Morse 

Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614. 

ASUSTeK Computer Inc., No. 15, Li-Te 

Road Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan. 

ASUSTeK Computer International 

America, 800 Corporate Way, 

Fremont, CA 94539. 

LG Electronics, LG Twin Towers 

20,Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu 

Seoul, Korea 150–721. 

LG Electronics U.S.A., 1000 Sylvan 

AvenueEnglewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. 

LG Display Co., Ltd., West Tower, LG 

Twin Towers, 20,Yoido-dong, 

Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea 150– 

721. 

LG Display America, Inc., 150 East 

Brokaw Road, San Jose, CA 95112. 

BenQ Corporation, 16 Jihu Road, Neihu, 

Taipei 114, Taiwan. 

BenQ America Corp., 15375 

BarrancaSuite A205Irvine, CA 92618. 

(c) The Commission investigative 

attorney, party to this investigation, is 

David O. Lloyd, Esq., 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, 

Paul J. Luckern, Chief Administrative 

Law Judge, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, shall designate 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 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 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. 

Issued: January 8, 2009. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–561 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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