PTS Seeks Section 337 Import Ban on ACON Blood Cholesterol Testing Strips
Polymer Technology Systems (PTS) filed a Section 337 complaint April 30 seeking a ban on imports of blood cholesterol testing strips imported by ACON. PTS says the Mission Cholesterol Monitoring System imported and sold by ACON Laboratories and its affiliate ACON Biotech (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. infringe patents associated with PTS’s CardioChek cholesterol test strip system. The accused products come in under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings 9027.80.4530 and 9027.50.4015. The complaint requests that the International Trade Commission issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning importation and sale of infringing systems by ACON. The ITC seeks comments on PTS’s complaint by May 15.
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(Federal Register 05/07/18)