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Certain Semiconductors and Devices and Products Containing the Same, Including Printed Circuit Boards, Automotive Parts, and Automobiles; Corrected Notice of Institution; Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337 Publication: Federal Register Agency: International Trade Commission Byline: Katherine Hiner Date: 2 November 2022 Subject: American Government 
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66208-66209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23798]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337-TA-1332]
Certain Semiconductors and Devices and Products Containing the
Same, Including Printed Circuit Boards, Automotive Parts, and
Automobiles; Corrected Notice of Institution; Institution of
Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337
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 August 23, 2022, under section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Daedalus Prime
LLC of Bronxville, New York. A supplement to the complaint was filed on
September 12, 2022. 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 semiconductors and devices and products containing the same,
including printed circuit boards, automotive parts, and automobiles by
reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No.
8,775,833 (``the '833 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,898,494 (``the '494
patent''); U.S. Patent No. 9,575,895 (``the '895 patent''); U.S. Patent
No. 10,049,080 (``the '080 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 10,394,300 (``the
'300 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 10,705,588 (``the '588 patent'').
The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States
exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. 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, may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email
EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pathenia M. Proctor, 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, 19
U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2022).
Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on October 27, 2022, 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 1-18 of the '833 patent; claims 1-18 of the '494 patent; claims
1-17 of the '895 patent; claims 1-24 of the '080 patent;
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claims 1-19 of the '300 patent; and claims 1-20 of the '588 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 ``semiconductor chips
and printed circuit boards for use in automobile infotainment systems
and instrument clusters, and automobile infotainment systems,
instrument clusters, and automobiles containing the same, and
components thereof'';
(3) Pursuant to Commission Rule 210.50(b)(l), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1),
the presiding administrative law judge shall take evidence or other
information and hear arguments from the parties or 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)(l),
(f)(1), (g)(1);
(4) 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:
Daedalus Prime LLC, 51 Pondfield Road, Suite 3, Bronxville, NY 10708
(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:
Avnet, Inc., 2211 South 47th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034
Digi-Key Electronics, 701 Brooks Avenue South, Thief River Falls, MN
56701
Mercedes-Benz Group AG, 70546 Stuttgart, Germany
Mercedes-Benz AG, Epplestra[szlig]e 225, 70567 Stuttgart-
M[ouml]hringen, Germany
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 1 Mercedes-Benz Drive, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Mouser Electronics, Inc., 1000 North Main Street, Mansfield, TX 76063
Newark, 300 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200, Chicago, IL 60606
NXP Semiconductors N.V., High Tech Campus 60, 5656 AG Eindhoven,
Netherlands
NXP USA, Inc., 6501 W. William Cannon Dr., Austin, TX 78735
(c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
(5) 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), as amended in 85 FR 15798
(March 19, 2020), such responses will be considered by the Commission
if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the
complainant 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 27, 2022.
Katherine Hiner,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-23798 Filed 11-1-22; 8:45 am]
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