[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12976]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Sun Company, Inc. (R&M)-Rohm and Haas Company 
Joint Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 23, 1997, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), Sun Company, Inc. (R&M) has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and with the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identifies of 
the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The 
notifications were 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 current parties in the joint venture are: 
Sun Company, Inc. (R&M), Philadelphia, PA; and Rohm and Haas Company, 
Philadelphia, PA.
    The nature and objective of this cooperative research and 
production venture performed in accordance with a Cooperative Agreement 
is to conduct research concerning breakthrough catalyst and related 
process technology for the oxidation of alkanes. The activities of this 
project will be partially funded by an award from the Advanced 
Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.
    Information regarding this joint venture may be obtained from Dr. 
Allen W. Hancock, Sun Company, Inc. (R&M), Philadelphia, PA.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-12976 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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