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 (2025).

Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on July 21, 2026, 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 1-5, 21, and 31 of the '528 patent; claims 1-3, 6, 8, 11, and 19 of the '825 patent; claims 1, 4, 5, 14, and 16 of the '215 patent; and claims 1, 5-7, 25, 27, and 28 of the '624 patent, and whether an industry in the United States exists 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 “composites, comprising silicon carbon material for use in battery anodes, e.g., lithium-ion battery anodes (`Si-C Anode Products')”;

(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 complainants are:

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc., 2470 Mariner Square Loop, Alameda, CA 94501

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, 926 Dalney Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332

(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:

Carbon ONE New Energy Group Co., Ltd., EN21-1 Block, Jiangshan Economic Development Zone, (Lianhuashan Industrial Park), Jiangshan City, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 324000

Carbon One New Energy (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., 10th Floor, Building 2, No. 980, Anting Street, Wuchang Subdistrict, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, 311100

Zhejiang Lichen New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Room 236, Building 12, Zhejiang Changxing National University, Science and Technology Park, No. 669 Gaotie Road, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, 313000

(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 will not participate as a party in this investigation.

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.

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