Confidentiality Letter

FCC ID: IPH-03438

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FCCID_3827883

     Date: April 5, 2018

     SUBJECT: Confidentiality Request for FCC ID: IPH-03438/IC ID: 1792A-03438

     Pursuant to FCC 47 CRF 0.457(d) and 0.459 and IC RSP-100, Section 9.4, the applicant requests
     that a part of the subject FCC application be held confidential.

               Type of Confidentiality Requested               Exhibit
                Short Term         Permanent                   Block Diagrams
                Short Term                                     External Photos
                Short Term         Permanent*1                 Internal Photos
                                                               Operation Description/Theory of
                  Short Term             Permanent
                                                               Operation
                  Short Term             Permanent             Parts List & Placement/BOM
                  Short Term             Permanent             Tune-Up Procedure
                  Short Term             Permanent             Schematics
                  Short Term                                   Test Setup Photos
                  Short Term             Permanent*1           User’s Manual

     Garmin International, Inc. has spent substantial effort in developing this product and it is one of
     the first of its kind in industry. Having the subject information easily available to "competition"
     would negate the advantage they have achieved by developing this product. Not protecting the
     details of the design will result in financial hardship.

     Permanent Confidentiality:
     The applicant requests the exhibits listed above as permanently confidential be permanently
     withheld from public review due to materials that contain trade secrets and proprietary
     information not customarily released to the public.

     Short-Term Confidentiality:
     The applicant requests the exhibits selected above as short term confidential be withheld from
     public view for a period of 90 days from the date of the Grant of Equipment Authorization and
     prior to marketing. This is to avoid premature release of sensitive information prior to marketing
     or release of the product to the public. Applicant is also aware that they are responsible to notify
     ACB in the event information regarding the product or the product is made available to the

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    - The asterisked items (*) require further information to be provided to ACB before permanent confidentiality will be
      extended to these exhibits. Please refer to FCC KDB 726920 and the specific Document link for D01 found at:
      https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/kdb/forms/FTSSearchResultPage.cfm?switch=P&id=41731 and review section II, 3)
      regarding specific information that must accompany these requests.


public. ACB will then release the documents listed above for public disclosure pursuant to FCC
Public Notice DA 04-1705.

NOTE for Industry Canada Applications:
IC currently only distinguishes Permanent Confidentiality exhibits as shown above. Short Term
confidentiality is not considered applicable to IC applications.

Sincerely,



William H. Pertner
Lead Compliance Engineer



Document Created: 2018-04-12 15:18:13
Document Modified: 2018-04-12 15:18:13

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