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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 15 (Friday, January 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8140-8141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01645]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1433]

Certain Glass Substrates for Liquid Crystal Displays, Products 
Containing the Same, and Methods for Manufacturing the Same; Notice of 
Institution of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on December 18, 2024, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Corning 
Incorporated, Corning, New York. A supplement to the Complaint was 
filed on January 7, 2025. The complaint, as 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 glass substrates for liquid crystal 
displays, products containing the same, and methods for manufacturing 
the same by reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent 
No. 7,851,394 (``the '394 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,627,684 (``the 
'684 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 9,512,025 (``the '025 patent''). 
The complainant, as supplemented, also alleges violations of section 
337 based upon the importation and sale of certain glass substrates for 
liquid crystal displays, products containing the same, and methods for 
manufacturing the same by reason of misappropriation of trade secrets 
the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure a 
domestic industry. The complaint, as supplemented, 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 general 
exclusion order, or in the alternative 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 
[email protected]. 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: Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone (202) 205-2560.

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 (2024).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on January 17, 2025, ordered that--
    (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine:
    (a) 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, 5, 6, and 8-10 of '394 patent; claims 1, 2, 
4, 7, and 10-12 of the '684 patent; and claims 15-20 of the '025 
patent, and whether an industry in the United States exists as required 
by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;

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    (b) whether there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 
337 in the importation into the United States of certain products 
identified in paragraph (2), or in the sale of such products identified 
in paragraph (2) by the owner, importer, or consignee, by reason of 
misappropriation of trade secrets the threat or effect of which is to 
destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States;
    (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 ``glass substrates for 
LCDs, display panels containing the same, and electronic devices 
containing the same, which are TVs, monitors, notebook and laptop 
computers, and tablets'';
    (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:

Corning Incorporated, One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, NY 14831

    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
and supplement is to be served:

Caihong Display Devices Co., Ltd., d/b/a Irico Display Devices Co., 
Ltd., Area A, China-Korea Industrial Park, Qindu District, Xianyang 
City, Shaanxi Province, 712023, China
Hisense USA Corporation, 7310 McGinnis Ferry Road, Suwanee, GA 30024
HKC Corporation Ltd., HKC Industrial Park, 1 Gongye 2nd Road, Shilong 
Community, Shiyan Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong 
Province, 518108, China
HKC Overseas Ltd., Unit 8 28/F W50, 50 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong 
999077
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., 111 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 
07632
TCL China Star Optoelectronics, Technology Co., Ltd., 9-2 Tangming 
Avenue, Guangming New District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, 
518132, China
TTE Technology, Inc., d/b/a TCL North America, 189 Technology Drive, 
Irvine, CA 92618
VIZIO, Inc., 39 Tesla, Irvine, CA 92628
Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics, Technology Co., Ltd., No. 1, Gaoke 
Yilu, Qindu District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province 71200, China

    (c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International 
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
    (4) 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 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), 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, as supplemented, 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 17, 2025.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-01645 Filed 1-23-25; 8:45 am]
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