Stung by a US import ban on some of its 3G chips because of patent infringement, Qualcomm Inc. said Friday it will immediately ask for a delay from the courts. It will also request President George Bush veto the order issued by the US International Trade Commission. In a statement, Qualcomm said it was "extremely disappointed" with the ITC decision to ban the import of future models of 3G handsets using chipsets and software that infringes a Broadcom Corp. patent. "The public injury that would result from the remedy imposed by the Commission is grossly disproportionate to any benefit flowing to Broadcom from such broad enforcement of a recently-purchased patent. Broadcom does not make or sell EV-DO chips, and Broadcom's claims that it can supply WCDMA products for the United States have been rebuffed by WCDMA operators in submissions the operators made to the ITC," the company said.

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