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The above-described lands contain a
total of 30.754 acres, more or less,
which are subject to all valid rights,
reservations, rights-of-way, and
easements of record.
This proclamation does not affect title
to the land described above, nor does it
affect any valid existing easements for
public roads and highways, public
utilities and for railroads and pipelines
and any other rights-of-way or
reservations of record.
Dated: March 24, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7–6388 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332–489]
U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba:
Certain Economic Effects of U.S.
Restrictions
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation and
scheduling of public hearing.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request
on March 16, 2007, from the Committee
on Finance of the United States Senate
(Committee), the Commission instituted
investigation No. 332–489, U.S.
Agricultural Sales to Cuba: Certain
Economic Effects of U.S. Restrictions,
under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)).
DATES:
March 30, 2007: Date of institution.
April 24, 2007: Deadline for filing
requests to appear at the public hearing.
April 26, 2007: Deadline for filing prehearing briefs and statements.
May 1, 2007, 9:30 a.m.: Public
hearing.
May 8, 2007: Deadline for written
statements, including any post-hearing
briefs.
June 29, 2007: Transmittal of report to
the Committee on Finance.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices,
including the Commission’s hearing
rooms, are located in the United States
International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC. All written
submissions, including requests to
appear at the hearing, statements, and
briefs, should be addressed to the
Secretary, United States International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. The public
record for this investigation may be
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viewed on the Commission’s electronic
docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Industry-specific information may be
obtained from John Reeder, Project
Leaders (202–205–3319;
john.reeder@usitc.gov), or Joanna
Bonarriva, Project Leaders (202–205–
3312; joanna.bonarriva@usitc.gov),
Office of Industries, United States
International Trade Commission,
Washington, DC, 20436. For information
on the legal aspects of this investigation,
contact William Gearhart of the Office of
General Counsel (202–205–3091;
william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media
should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,
Public Affairs Office (202–205–1819;
margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). Hearing
impaired individuals are advised that
information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the TDD
terminal on (202–205–1810). General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
requested by the Committee, the
Commission will conduct an
investigation and provide a report that
contains, to the extent possible, the
following information:
• An overview of Cuba’s purchases of
agricultural, fish and forestry products
from, to the extent possible, 2000 to the
present, including identification of
major supplying countries, products,
and market segments;
• An analysis of the effects that U.S.
restrictions, including those relating to
export financing terms and travel to
Cuba by U.S. citizens, may have had or
currently have on Cuban purchases of
U.S. agricultural, fish, and forestry
products; and,
• A qualitative and, to the extent
possible, quantitative estimate of U.S.
sales of agricultural, fish and forestry
products to Cuba, in the event that: (i)
Statutory, regulatory, or other
restrictions affecting agricultural exports
are removed, (ii) statutory, regulatory, or
other restrictions on travel to Cuba by
U.S. citizens are lifted, and, (iii)
statutory, regulatory, or other
restrictions affecting agricultural exports
are removed and statutory, regulatory or
other restrictions on travel to Cuba by
U.S. citizens are lifted.
As requested, the Commission will
transmit its report to the Committee by
June 29, 2007.
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Public Hearing: A public hearing in
connection with the investigation is
scheduled to be held at the U.S.
International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC beginning at 9:30 a.m.
on May 1, 2007. All persons shall have
the right to appear, by counsel or in
person, to present information and to be
heard. Requests to appear at the public
hearing should be filed with the
Secretary, United States International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, no later than
5:15 p.m., April 24, 2007. Any prehearing briefs (original and 14 copies)
should be filed not later than 5:15 p.m.,
April 26, 2007. The deadline for filing
post-hearing briefs or statements is 5:15
p.m., May 8, 2007. In the event that, as
of the close of business on April 24,
2007, no witnesses are scheduled to
appear at the hearing, the hearing will
be canceled. Any person interested in
attending the hearing as an observer or
non-participant may call the Secretary
(202–205–2000) after April 24, 2007, to
determine whether the hearing will be
held.
Written Statements: In lieu of or in
addition to participating in the hearing,
interested persons are invited to submit
written statements concerning the
investigation. All submissions should be
addressed to Secretary, United States
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436, and
should be received no later than the
close of business on May 8, 2007. All
written submissions must conform with
the provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8
of the rules requires that a signed
original (or a copy designated as an
original) and fourteen (14) copies of
each document be filed. In the event
that confidential treatment of the
document is requested, at least four (4)
additional copies must be filed, in
which the confidential information
must be deleted (see the following
paragraph for further information
regarding confidential business
information). The Commission’s rules
do not authorize filing submissions with
the Secretary by facsimile or electronic
means, except as permitted by section
201.8 of the Commission’s Rules (19
CFR 201.8) (see Handbook for Electronic
Filing Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/
secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/
documents/
handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf.
Any submissions that contain
confidential business information must
also conform with the requirements of
section 201.6 of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
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201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules
requires that the cover of the document
and the individual pages be clearly
marked as to whether they are the
‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘non-confidential’’
version, and that the confidential
business information be clearly
identified by means of brackets. All
written submissions, except for
confidential business information, will
be made available in the Office of the
Secretary to the Commission for
inspection by interested parties. The
Committee has asked that the report that
the Commission transmits not contain
any confidential business information.
Any confidential business information
received by the Commission in this
investigation and used in preparing the
report will not be published in a manner
that would reveal the operations of the
firm supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 2, 2007.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7–6409 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–551]
In the Matter of Certain Laser Bar Code
Scanners and Scan Engines,
Components Thereof, and Products
Containing Same; Notice of
Commission Determination To Review
a Final Determination on Violation of
Section 337; Schedule for Briefing on
the Issues on Review and on Remedy,
Public Interest, and Bonding; Denial of
Motion for Stay of Sanctions Order
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined to review
in part the final initial determination
(‘‘ID’’) issued by the presiding
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) on
November 20, 2006, regarding whether
there is a violation of section 337 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, in the
above-captioned investigation. The
Commission has also determined to
deny respondents’ motion for stay of the
ALJ’s sanctions order.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
M. Bartkowski, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
708–5432. Copies of non-confidential
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documents filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be available for
inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the
Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
The public record for this investigation
may be viewed on the Commission’s
electronic docket (EDIS) at https://
edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired
persons are advised that information on
this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on (202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
investigation was instituted on October
26, 2005, based on a complaint filed by
Symbol Technologies Inc. (‘‘Symbol’’) of
Holtsville, New York. The complaint, as
amended, alleged violations of section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1337) in the importation into the United
States, the sale for importation, and the
sale within the United States after
importation of certain laser bar code
scanners or scan engines, components
thereof, or products containing the
same, by reason of infringement of
various claims of United States Patent
Nos. 5,457,308 (‘‘the ‘308 patent’’);
5,545,889 (‘‘the ‘889 patent’’); 6,220,514
(‘‘the ‘514 patent’’); 5,262,627 (‘‘the ‘627
patent’’); and 5,917,173 (‘‘the ‘173
patent’’). The complaint named two
respondents: Metro Technologies Co.,
Ltd. of Suzhou, China; and Metrologic
Instruments, Inc. of Blackwood, New
Jersey (collectively, ‘‘Metrologic’’).
On January 29, 2007, the ALJ issued
an ID finding a violation of Section 337
in the importation of certain laser bar
code scanners and scan engines,
components thereof, and products
containing the same, in connection with
certain asserted claims. The ID also
issued monetary sanctions against
Respondents for discovery abuses.
Complainant, Respondents, and the
Commission investigative attorney (IA)
each filed petitions for review on
February 8, 2007. They each filed
responses to each other’s petitions on
February 16, 2007.
Meanwhile, on February 8, 2007,
Metrologic filed a motion for stay of the
ALJ’s sanctions order. The IA and
Symbol filed oppositions to the motion
on February 20, 2007. Upon
consideration of the parties’ filings, the
Commission has determined to deny
Metrologic’s motion for stay.
On February 21, 2007, the
Commission extended the deadline for
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determining whether to review the
subject ID by fifteen (15) days, to March
30, 2007.
Having examined the record of this
investigation, including the ALJ’s final
ID and the submissions of the parties,
the Commission has determined to
review the final ID in part. Specifically,
the Commission has determined to
review: (1) The construction of ‘‘single,
unitary, flexural component’’ in the ‘173
patent, and related issues of
infringement, domestic industry, and
validity; (2) the construction of
‘‘oscillatory support means’’ in the ‘627
patent, and related issues of
infringement, domestic industry, and
validity; (3) the construction of claims
containing the so-called ‘‘central area’’
limitations in the ‘889 patent, and
related issues of infringement, domestic
industry, and validity; (4) the
construction of the ‘‘scan fragment’’
limitation in the ‘308 patent; and (5) the
construction of the term ‘‘plurality’’ in
the ‘308 patent. The Commission
requests briefing based on the
evidentiary record on certain of the
issues on review. The Commission is
particularly interested in responses to
the following questions:
Regarding the ‘173 patent:
(1) What is the effect of Symbol’s
statement in the prosecution history that
‘‘[c]laim 70 [issued claim 17] also
contains the feature of allowable claim
58’’ on a proper claim construction?
(2) If Symbol’s statement limited the
scope of the claim, what is the effect on
claim construction, infringement,
domestic industry, and validity issues
as they relate to the ‘173 patent?
(3) If Symbol’s statement limits the
scope of the claim by providing that the
component have ‘‘spring portions
integral with each other,’’ what would
be the effect, if any, on the analysis? In
other words, if a flexural component is
‘‘single,’’ and ‘‘unitary,’’ does it
necessarily have ‘‘spring portions
integral with each other’’?
Regarding the ‘627 patent:
(1) How should the modifier
‘‘oscillatory’’ be construed in the
limitation ‘‘oscillatory support means’’?
(2) How does the construction of the
word ‘‘oscillatory’’ affect infringement,
domestic industry, and validity as those
issues relate to the ‘627 patent?
Regarding the ‘889 patent:
(1) What effect does Symbol’s
statements during prosecution history
such that the smaller mirror is
‘‘centrally positioned’’ with respect to
the larger mirror have on claim
construction?
(2) If such statements limit claim
scope, what effect does that limitation
have on claim construction,
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-489]
U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba: Certain Economic Effects of U.S.
Restrictions
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation and scheduling of public hearing.
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SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request on March 16, 2007, from the
Committee on Finance of the United States Senate (Committee), the
Commission instituted investigation No. 332-489, U.S. Agricultural
Sales to Cuba: Certain Economic Effects of U.S. Restrictions, under
section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)).
DATES:
March 30, 2007: Date of institution.
April 24, 2007: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the
public hearing.
April 26, 2007: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and
statements.
May 1, 2007, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing.
May 8, 2007: Deadline for written statements, including any post-
hearing briefs.
June 29, 2007: Transmittal of report to the Committee on Finance.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing
rooms, are located in the United States International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC. All written submissions,
including requests to appear at the hearing, statements, and briefs,
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436. The public record
for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic
docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Industry-specific information may be
obtained from John Reeder, Project Leaders (202-205-3319;
john.reeder@usitc.gov), or Joanna Bonarriva, Project Leaders (202-205-
3312; joanna.bonarriva@usitc.gov), Office of Industries, United States
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 20436. For information
on the legal aspects of this investigation, contact William Gearhart of
the Office of General Counsel (202-205-3091;
william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media should contact Margaret
O'Laughlin, Public Affairs Office (202-205-1819;
margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). Hearing impaired individuals are advised
that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the TDD
terminal on (202-205-1810). General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server
(https://www.usitc.gov). 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As requested by the Committee, the
Commission will conduct an investigation and provide a report that
contains, to the extent possible, the following information:
An overview of Cuba's purchases of agricultural, fish and
forestry products from, to the extent possible, 2000 to the present,
including identification of major supplying countries, products, and
market segments;
An analysis of the effects that U.S. restrictions,
including those relating to export financing terms and travel to Cuba
by U.S. citizens, may have had or currently have on Cuban purchases of
U.S. agricultural, fish, and forestry products; and,
A qualitative and, to the extent possible, quantitative
estimate of U.S. sales of agricultural, fish and forestry products to
Cuba, in the event that: (i) Statutory, regulatory, or other
restrictions affecting agricultural exports are removed, (ii)
statutory, regulatory, or other restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S.
citizens are lifted, and, (iii) statutory, regulatory, or other
restrictions affecting agricultural exports are removed and statutory,
regulatory or other restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens are
lifted.
As requested, the Commission will transmit its report to the
Committee by June 29, 2007.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in connection with the
investigation is scheduled to be held at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC beginning at
9:30 a.m. on May 1, 2007. All persons shall have the right to appear,
by counsel or in person, to present information and to be heard.
Requests to appear at the public hearing should be filed with the
Secretary, United States International Trade Commission, 500 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20436, no later than 5:15 p.m., April 24, 2007. Any
pre-hearing briefs (original and 14 copies) should be filed not later
than 5:15 p.m., April 26, 2007. The deadline for filing post-hearing
briefs or statements is 5:15 p.m., May 8, 2007. In the event that, as
of the close of business on April 24, 2007, no witnesses are scheduled
to appear at the hearing, the hearing will be canceled. Any person
interested in attending the hearing as an observer or non-participant
may call the Secretary (202-205-2000) after April 24, 2007, to
determine whether the hearing will be held.
Written Statements: In lieu of or in addition to participating in
the hearing, interested persons are invited to submit written
statements concerning the investigation. All submissions should be
addressed to Secretary, United States International Trade Commission,
500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436, and should be received no
later than the close of business on May 8, 2007. All written
submissions must conform with the provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section
201.8 of the rules requires that a signed original (or a copy
designated as an original) and fourteen (14) copies of each document be
filed. In the event that confidential treatment of the document is
requested, at least four (4) additional copies must be filed, in which
the confidential information must be deleted (see the following
paragraph for further information regarding confidential business
information). The Commission's rules do not authorize filing
submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means, except
as permitted by section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules (19 CFR 201.8)
(see Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/
secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/documents/handbook_on_electronic_
filing.pdf.
Any submissions that contain confidential business information must
also conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
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201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules requires that the cover of the
document and the individual pages be clearly marked as to whether they
are the ``confidential'' or ``non-confidential'' version, and that the
confidential business information be clearly identified by means of
brackets. All written submissions, except for confidential business
information, will be made available in the Office of the Secretary to
the Commission for inspection by interested parties. The Committee has
asked that the report that the Commission transmits not contain any
confidential business information. Any confidential business
information received by the Commission in this investigation and used
in preparing the report will not be published in a manner that would
reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 2, 2007.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7-6409 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020-02-P
