81_FR_71965 81 FR 71764 - Certain Integrated Circuits With Voltage Regulators and Products Containing Same; Institution of Investigation

81 FR 71764 - Certain Integrated Circuits With Voltage Regulators and Products Containing Same; Institution of Investigation

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 201 (October 18, 2016)

Page Range71764-71764
FR Document2016-25095

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 12, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of R2 Semiconductor, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California. 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 integrated circuits with voltage regulators and products containing the same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,233,250 (``the '250 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.

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1024]


Certain Integrated Circuits With Voltage Regulators and Products 
Containing Same; 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 September 12, 2016, under 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on 
behalf of R2 Semiconductor, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California. 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 integrated circuits with 
voltage regulators and products containing the same by reason of 
infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,233,250 (``the '250 
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 https://www.usitc.gov. The 
public record for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's 
electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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, 
and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2016).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on October 11, 2016, 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 integrated 
circuits with voltage regulators and products containing the same by 
reason of infringement of one or more of claims 1-4, 7-17, 20-26, 28-
29, and 31 of the '250 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. 1337(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: R2 Semiconductor, Inc., 1196 Borregas Ave., 
Suite 201, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
    (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:

Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Intel Ireland Ltd., Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County 
Kildare, Ireland
Intel Products Vietnam Co., Ltd., Lot 12, Street D1, Saigon Hi-Tech 
Park, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Intel Israel 74 Ltd., Matam Bldg 6, P.O. Box 1659, Matam Industrial 
Park, Haifa, 31015, Israel
Intel Malaysia Sdn. Berhad, Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone Phase 3, 
Penang, 11900, Malaysia
Intel China, Ltd., 6th Floor North Office Tower, 06-01 Beijing Kerry 
Centre, 1 Guang Hua Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing, 100020, China
Dell, Inc., One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682
Dell Technologies Inc., One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682
HP Inc., 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304

    (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 12, 2016.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-25095 Filed 10-17-16; 8:45 am]
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                                               Issued: October 13, 2016.                             viewed on the Commission’s electronic                 Intel Malaysia Sdn. Berhad, Bayan
                                             William R. Bishop,                                      docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.                Lepas Free Industrial Zone Phase 3,
                                             Supervisory Hearings and Information                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The                    Penang, 11900, Malaysia
                                             Officer.                                                Office of Unfair Import Investigations,               Intel China, Ltd., 6th Floor North Office
                                             [FR Doc. 2016–25261 Filed 10–14–16; 11:15 am]           U.S. International Trade Commission,                    Tower, 06–01 Beijing Kerry Centre, 1
                                             BILLING CODE 7020–02–P                                  telephone (202) 205–2560.                               Guang Hua Road, Chao Yang District,
                                                                                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Beijing, 100020, China
                                                                                                       Authority: The authority for institution of         Dell, Inc., One Dell Way, Round Rock,
                                             INTERNATIONAL TRADE                                     this investigation is contained in section 337
                                             COMMISSION                                                                                                      TX 78682
                                                                                                     of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and
                                             [Investigation No. 337–TA–1024]                         in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules           Dell Technologies Inc., One Dell Way,
                                                                                                     of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10                Round Rock, TX 78682
                                             Certain Integrated Circuits With                        (2016).
                                                                                                        Scope of Investigation: Having                     HP Inc., 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto,
                                             Voltage Regulators and Products                                                                                 CA 94304
                                             Containing Same; Institution of                         considered the complaint, the U.S.
                                             Investigation                                           International Trade Commission, on                    Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 3000
                                                                                                     October 11, 2016, Ordered that—                         Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304
                                             AGENCY: U.S. International Trade                           (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of
                                             Commission.                                             section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                (c) The Office of Unfair Import
                                             ACTION: Notice.                                         amended, an investigation be instituted               Investigations, U.S. International Trade
                                                                                                     to determine whether there is a                       Commission, 500 E Street SW., Suite
                                             SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that a                violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of                  401, Washington, DC 20436; and
                                             complaint was filed with the U.S.                       section 337 in the importation into the                  (4) For the investigation so instituted,
                                             International Trade Commission on                       United States, the sale for importation,              the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
                                             September 12, 2016, under section 337                   or the sale within the United States after            U.S. International Trade Commission,
                                             of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,                  importation of certain integrated circuits            shall designate the presiding
                                             19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of R2                         with voltage regulators and products                  Administrative Law Judge.
                                             Semiconductor, Inc. of Sunnyvale,                       containing the same by reason of
                                             California. The complaint alleges                                                                                Responses to the complaint and the
                                                                                                     infringement of one or more of claims
                                             violations of section 337 based upon the                                                                      notice of investigation must be
                                                                                                     1–4, 7–17, 20–26, 28–29, and 31 of the
                                             importation into the United States, the                                                                       submitted by the named respondents in
                                                                                                     ’250 patent, and whether an industry in
                                             sale for importation, and the sale within                                                                     accordance with section 210.13 of the
                                                                                                     the United States exists as required by
                                             the United States after importation of                                                                        Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                                                                                     subsection (a)(2) of section 337;
                                             certain integrated circuits with voltage                   (2) Pursuant to Commission Rule                    Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
                                             regulators and products containing the                  210.50(b)(1), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), the                19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such
                                             same by reason of infringement of                       presiding administrative law judge shall              responses will be considered by the
                                             certain claims of U.S. Patent No.                       take evidence or other information and                Commission if received not later than 20
                                             8,233,250 (‘‘the ’250 patent’’). The                    hear arguments from the parties and                   days after the date of service by the
                                             complaint further alleges that an                       other interested persons with respect to              Commission of the complaint and the
                                             industry in the United States exists as                 the public interest in this investigation,            notice of investigation. Extensions of
                                             required by subsection (a)(2) of section                as appropriate, and provide the                       time for submitting responses to the
                                             337.                                                    Commission with findings of fact and a                complaint and the notice of
                                               The complainant requests that the                                                                           investigation will not be granted unless
                                                                                                     recommended determination on this
                                             Commission institute an investigation                                                                         good cause therefor is shown.
                                                                                                     issue, which shall be limited to the
                                             and, after the investigation, issue a
                                                                                                     statutory public interest factors set forth              Failure of a respondent to file a timely
                                             limited exclusion order and cease and
                                                                                                     in 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1), (f)(1), (g)(1);              response to each allegation in the
                                             desist orders.                                             (3) For the purpose of the                         complaint and in this notice may be
                                             ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for                    investigation so instituted, the following            deemed to constitute a waiver of the
                                             any confidential information contained                  are hereby named as parties upon which
                                             therein, is available for inspection                                                                          right to appear and contest the
                                                                                                     this notice of investigation shall be                 allegations of the complaint and this
                                             during official business hours (8:45 a.m.               served:
                                             to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the                                                                            notice, and to authorize the
                                                                                                        (a) The complainant is: R2                         administrative law judge and the
                                             Secretary, U.S. International Trade                     Semiconductor, Inc., 1196 Borregas
                                             Commission, 500 E Street SW., Room                                                                            Commission, without further notice to
                                                                                                     Ave., Suite 201, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
                                             112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone                                                                          the respondent, to find the facts to be as
                                                                                                        (b) The respondents are the following
                                             (202) 205–2000. Hearing impaired                        entities alleged to be in violation of                alleged in the complaint and this notice
                                             individuals are advised that information                section 337, and are the parties upon                 and to enter an initial determination
                                             on this matter can be obtained by                       which the complaint is to be served:                  and a final determination containing
                                             contacting the Commission’s TDD                                                                               such findings, and may result in the
                                                                                                     Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College
                                             terminal on (202) 205–1810. Persons                                                                           issuance of an exclusion order or a cease
                                                                                                        Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
                                             with mobility impairments who will                      Intel Ireland Ltd., Collinstown                       and desist order or both directed against
                                             need special assistance in gaining access                  Industrial Park, Leixlip, County                   the respondent.
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                                             to the Commission should contact the                       Kildare, Ireland                                     By order of the Commission.
                                             Office of the Secretary at (202) 205–                   Intel Products Vietnam Co., Ltd., Lot 12,               Issued: October 12, 2016.
                                             2000. General information concerning                       Street D1, Saigon Hi-Tech Park,
                                                                                                                                                           Lisa R. Barton,
                                             the Commission may also be obtained                        District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
                                             by accessing its internet server at                     Intel Israel 74 Ltd., Matam Bldg 6, P.O.              Secretary to the Commission.
                                             https://www.usitc.gov. The public                          Box 1659, Matam Industrial Park,                   [FR Doc. 2016–25095 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am]
                                             record for this investigation may be                       Haifa, 31015, Israel                               BILLING CODE 7020–02–P




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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
ContactThe Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone (202) 205-2560.
FR Citation81 FR 71764 

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