Certain Mechanical Lumbar Supports and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review An Initial Determination Adding a Respondent

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2503-2504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-868]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-415]


Certain Mechanical Lumbar Supports and Products Containing Same; 
Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review An Initial Determination 
Adding a Respondent

Agency

U.S. International Trade Commission.

Action

Notice.

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Summary

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (ID) of the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) granting a motion to amend the notice of investigation to include Advantage Technologies, Inc. (Advantage) of Plymouth, Michigan as a respondent.

For Further Information Contact

Michael Diehl, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 202- 205-3095. General information concerning the Commission may be obtained by accessing its Internet server (www.usitc.gov). Hearing- impaired individuals can obtain information concerning this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810.

Supplementary Information

On August 19, 1998, McCord Win Textron, Inc.

(Textron) filed a complaint with the Commission alleging violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation and sale of certain mechanical lumbar supports and products containing same that infringe certain claims of a U.S. patent owned by Textron. The Commission instituted an investigation of Textron's complaint on September 29, 1998. Advantage was listed as a proposed respondent in Textron's complaint, although the Commission did not name it as a respondent in the notice of investigation. Five other firms were named as respondents. 63 FR 51949 (September 29, 1998). On December 4, 1998, complainant Textron moved (Motion No. 415-7) to add Advantage as a respondent, based on the company's involvement with and connection to the importation, assembly, and sale of the allegedly infringing devices. The Commission investigative attorney supported the motion, and Advantage and the five original respondents opposed the motion. On December 16, 1998, the presiding ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 12) granting the motion. No party petitioned for review of the ID. All nonconfidential documents filed in the investigation, including the motion to add Advantage, the Commission investigative attorney's response, the joint response of Advantage and the five respondents, and the ID, are or will be available for public inspection during official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Commission's Office of the Secretary, Dockets Branch, 500 E Street, SW, Room 112, Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-1802. This action is taken under authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) and section 210.42(h) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 210.42(h)).

By order of the Commission.

Issued: January 11, 1999. Donna R. Koehnke, Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-868 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020-02-P