United States v. Texas Instruments Inc.

Markey, Chief Judge.

The Government appeals from the judgment of the Customs Court, Texas Instruments, Inc. v. United States, 82 Cust. Ct. 272, C.D. 4810, 475 F. Supp. 1183 (1979), sustaining Texas Instruments’ classification protest relating to imported integrated circuit devices used as components in solid-state digital watches.2 We affirm.

Background

The imported articles, entered from El Salvador in August 1976, are integrated circuit devices, each of which is affixed to 'a lead frame and encapsulated in molded plastic material shaped to facilitate addition of other components required to…