Import investigations: L-lysine feed products,

[Federal Register: May 31, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 104)]

[Notices]

[Page 30958-30959]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-571]

In the Matter of Certain L-Lysine Feed Products, Their Methods of Production and Genetic Constructs for Production; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 25, 2006, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Ajinomoto Heartland LLC of Chicago, Illinois. An amended complaint was filed on May 12, 2006. Supplements to the Complaint were filed on May 12, 2006, and May 16, 2006. The complaint, as amended and supplemented, 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 L-lysine feed products and genetic constructs for production thereof by reason of infringement of claims 13, 15-19, and 21-22 of U.S. Patent No. 5,827,698 and claims 1, 2, 15, and 22 of U.S. Patent No. 6,040,160. 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 a permanent exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information contained therein, is 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., Room 112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. 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 http://www.usitc.gov. The

public record for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at http://www.edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay H. Reiziss, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone (202) 205-2579.

Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2005).

Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on May 22, 2006, 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 L-lysine feed products or genetic constructs for production thereof by reason of infringement of one or more of claims 13, 15-19, and 21-22 of U.S. Patent No. 5,827,698 and claims 1, 2, 15, and 22 of U.S. Patent No. 6,040,160, and whether an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.

(2) 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--Ajinomoto Heartland LLC, 8430 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 650, Chicago, IL 60631.

(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:

Global Bio-Chem Technology, Group Company Limited, Unit 1104, Admiralty Centre, Tower 1, 18 Harcourt Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong. Changchun Dacheng Bio-Chem Engineering Development Co., Ltd., No. 886 Xihuangcheng Road, Processing Corn District, Changchun Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jilin Province, China. Changchun Baocheng Bio-Chem Development Co., Ltd., No. 886 Xihuangcheng Road, Processing Corn District, Changchun Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jilin Province, China. Changchun Dahe Bio Technology Development Co., Ltd., No. 28 Xihuangcheng Road, Processing Corn District, Changchun Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jilin Province, China. Bio-Chem Technology (HK) Limited, Unit 1104, Admiralty Centre, Tower, 1, 18 Harcourt Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong.

(c) The Commission Investigative Attorney, party to this investigation, is Jay H. Reiziss, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and

(3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Charles E. Bullock is designated as 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(d) 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 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

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administrative law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondents, 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 a limited exclusion order or cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: May 24, 2006. Marilyn R. Abbott, Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. E6-8314 Filed 5-30-06; 8:45 am]

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