[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 168 (Thursday, September 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49344-49345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18931]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1278]


Certain Radio Frequency Transmission Devices and Components 
Thereof 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 July 28, 2021, under section 337 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Zebra Technologies 
Corporation of Lincolnshire, Illinois. A supplement to the complaint 
was filed on August 13, 2021. 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 radio frequency transmission devices and 
components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. 
Patent No. 6,895,219 (``the '219 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. 
7,683,788 (``the '788 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an 
industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being 
established 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 a 
cease and desist order.

ADDRESSES: The complaint, as supplemented, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2461606d77176c4148546451574d50470a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cb8e8f8298f883aea7bb8bbeb8a2bfa8e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: Katherine Hiner, 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 August 26, 2021, 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, 3-8, and 10, 11, and 13-16 of the '219 patent and claims 17-
19 of the '788 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) 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 (i) ``RF transmission 
devices generally capable of transmitting and receiving data; and (ii)

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components of such RF transmission devices--in particular, enclosures, 
transceivers and processors'';
    (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: Zebra Technologies Corporation, 3 Overlook 
Point, Lincolnshire, IL 60069.
    (b) The respondent is the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and is the party upon which the complaint is 
to be served: OnAsset Intelligence, Inc., 8407 Sterling Street, Irving, 
TX 75063.
    (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 is not participating as 
a party in this investigation.
    Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be 
submitted by the named respondent 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 the 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: August 27, 2021.
Katherine Hiner,
Supervisory Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2021-18931 Filed 9-1-21; 8:45 am]
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