In the Matter of Certain Cutting Tools for Flexible Plastic Conduit andComponents Thereof. Investigation No. 337-TA-344 (January 1994)

摘要

On October 30, 1992, Dawn Industries, Inc., Dextel Inc., and Duane Robertson(collectively 'Dawn Industries') filed a complaint alleging that Pro Mark, Inc. ('Pro Mark') and Orbit Underground (d/b/a Orbit Sprinkers) had violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Section 1337) by importing cutting tools (or components thereof) that infringed claims 1-7 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,336,652 (the '652 patent) and the single claim of U.S. Letters Patent Des. 266,736 (the '736 patent). We instituted this investigation on December 2, 1992. Subsequently, we terminated Orbit Underground as a respondent; added an additional respondent, Chewink Corporation ('Chewink'); and deleted the claim of infringment of the '736 patent. We found Chewink in default on August 25, 1993.