[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26040]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 23, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Focused Research, 
Inc., Santa Clara, CA has been added as a party to this venture. Also, 
SDL, Inc., San Jose, CA has been dropped as a party to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and the National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, the National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) 
of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal 
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on March 17, 1987 (52 FR 
8375).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 10, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 18, 1998 (63 FR 33419).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26040 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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