International Trade Commission May 5, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-453 (Final) under section 705(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)) (the Act) and the final phase of antidumping investigation Nos. 731-TA- 1136-1137 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of subsidized and less-than-fair-value imports from China and Germany of sodium nitrite, provided for in subheading 2834.10.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.\1\

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 1, 2008, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Maquet Cardiovascular LLC of San Jose, California. The complaint was supplemented on April 22, 2008. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain vein harvesting surgical systems and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. Re. 36,043 and U.S. Patent No. 6,830,546. 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 an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.