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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993 United Technologies Research Center

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 1, 1994, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), United Technologies 
Research Center (``UTRC''), an unincorporated operating unit of United 
Technologies Corporation (``UTC''), filed a written notification on 
behalf of UTC, Advanced Healthcare Systems, Inc., an affiliate of 
Johnson & Johnson (``Advanced Healthcare Systems''); AMP Incorporated 
(``AMP''); Hasbro Incorporated (``Hasbro''); Minnesota Mining and 
Manufacturing Company (``3M''); the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology (``MIT''); Extrude Home Corporation (``Extrude Home''); and 
Soligen Technologies, Inc. (``Soligen'') simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing: (1) The 
identities of the parties to a joint research and development venture; 
and (2) the nature and objective of the venture. The notification was 
filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the 
recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties are UTC, acting through UTRC, East Hartford, CT; Advanced 
Healthcare Systems, Cincinnati, OH; AMP, Harrisburg, PA; Hasbro, 
Pawtucket, RI; 3M, St. Paul, MN; M.I.T., Cambridge, MA; Extrude Home, 
Irwin, PA; and Soligen, Northridge, CA.
    UTC, Advanced Healthcare Systems, AMP, Hasbro, 3M, M.I.T., Extrude 
Home and Soligen, entered into a Collaboration Agreement effective 
August 1, 1994, to engage in cooperative research and development in 
the area of low cost, high performance rapid plastics injection mold 
tooling fabrication utilizing three dimensional (3D) printing 
technology, including without limitation the experimental building, 
finishing, assembly and testing of molds using 3D printing methods, and 
analysis of prototype performance data in comparison to existing 
tooling fabrication methods.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-26291 Filed 10-21-94; 8:45 am]
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