61338 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 197 / Friday, October 10, 2014 / Notices 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–932] 

Certain Consumer Electronics and 

Display Devices With Graphics 

Processing and Graphics Processing 

Units Therein: Notice of Institution of 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

September 4, 2014, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 

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

Corporation of Santa Clara, California. A 

supplement to the complaint was filed 

on September 22, 2014. 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 consumer 

electronics and display devices with 

graphics processing and graphics 

processing units therein by reason of 

infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent No. 6,198,488 (‘‘the ‘488 patent’’); 

U.S. Patent No. 6,992,667 (‘‘the ‘667 

patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 7,038,685 (‘‘the 

‘685 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 7,015,913 

(‘‘the ‘913 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 

6,697,063 (‘‘the ‘063 patent’’); U.S. 

Patent No. 7,209,140 (‘‘the ‘140 patent’’); 

and U.S. Patent No. 6,690,372 (‘‘the ‘372 

patent’’). The complaint further alleges 

that an industry in the United States 

exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of 

section 337. 

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, 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) 205–2000. 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: The 

Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–2560. 

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 

(2014). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

October 6, 2014, 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 consumer 

electronics and display devices with 

graphics processing and graphics 

processing units therein by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 1, 

19, and 20 of the ‘488 patent; claims 1– 

29 of the ‘667 patent; claims 1–5, 7–19, 

21–23, 25–30, 34–36, 38, 41–43 of the 

‘685 patent; claims 5–8, 10, 12–20 and 

24–27 of the ‘913 patent; claims 7, 8, 

11–13, 16–21, 23, 24, 28, and 29 of the 

‘063 patent; claims 1–10, 12, and 14 of 

the ‘140 patent; and claims 1–6, 9–16, 

and 19–25 of the ‘372 patent, and 

whether an industry in the United 

States exists as required by subsection 

(a)(2) of section 337; 

(2) Pursuant to Commission Rule 

210.50(b)(1), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), the 

presiding administrative law judge shall 

take evidence or other information and 

hear arguments from the parties and 

other interested persons with respect to 

the public interest in this investigation, 

as appropriate, and provide the 

Commission with findings of fact and a 

recommended determination on this 

issue, which shall be limited to the 

statutory public interest factors set forth 

in 19 U.S.C. l337(d)(1), (f)(1), (g)(1); 

(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: 

NVIDIA Corporation, 2701 San Tomas 

Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95050. 

(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: 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1320–10 

Seocho 2-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 

137–965, Republic of Korea. 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 85 

Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ 

07660. 

Samsung Telecommunications America, 

LLC, 1301 Lookout Drive, Richardson, 

TX 75802. 

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., 3655 

North First Street, San Jose, CA 

95134. 

Qualcomm, Inc., 5775 Morehouse Drive, 

San Diego, CA 92121. 

(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), 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. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: October 6, 2014. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24201 Filed 10–9–14; 8:45 am] 

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