Notice of Commission Determination to Review in Part

On September 14, 2009, the Commission issued a notice that it would review in part the Final Initial Determination of ALJ Bullock in Inv. No. 337-TA-621, In the Matter of Certain Probe Card Assemblies, Components Thereof and Certain Tested DRAM and NAND Flash Memory Devices and Products Containing Same. The Commission determined to review: 1) the Initial Determination’s finding that a prior patent application publication did not anticipate the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,509,751, 2) the Initial Determination’s conclusion of law regarding non-infringement of the ‘751 patent by the accused products, and 3) the Initial Determination’s conclusion that no analysis of the validity of the asserted claims that depend from claim 21 of U.S. Patent No. 5,994,152 was needed. (PDF)