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 October 5, 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, 5-8, 17, and 21-24 of the '925 patent; claims 1, 5-9, 11, 17, 20, 21, 23, and 24 of the '421 patent; claims 1, 7, 11, 13, and 15 of the '334 patent; claims 1, 4-6, 8-10, 13, and 15 of the '760 patent; claims 1, 5, 6, 15, 18, and 19 of the '394 patent; and claims 1, 2, 9, 14, 16, 23, and 28 of the '352 patent, and whether an industry in the United States exists and/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 “iPhones and iPads and components thereof, such as its ( printed page 64399) processor and TrueDepth camera with a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (`VCSEL'), a flood illumination VCSEL, and a near-infrared camera module, incorporating face authentication, 3D-sensing, and/or material detection capabilities”; ^[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 complainants are:

trinamiX Sensing LLC, 7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Suite 200N, Austin, TX 78757, USA

trinamiX GmbH, Industriestraße 35, 67063 Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

(b) The respondent is the following entity alleged to be in violation of section 337, and is the party upon which the complaint is to be served:

Apple Inc., One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014

(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.

The Commission is interested in the development of a thorough record on domestic industry in this investigation to facilitate a holistic review of all relevant considerations. Accordingly, the presiding administrative law judge may wish to consider what information will be necessary to make a determination with respect to complainant's domestic industry allegations under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 337(a)(3) based on an industry that exists and/or is in the process of being established; including the extent to which these allegations rely on expenditures made by third parties; and the extent to which expenditures are made outside the United States related to the domestic industry article(s) by any entity.

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), 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 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.