[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6679]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 29, 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''), Micro-Opto-Electro-
Mechanical Systems (MOEMS) has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities 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 parties are 
Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA; Microcosm Technologies, Inc., 
Raleigh, NC; Microscan Systems, Inc., Renton, WA; Optical Mircro-
Machines, San Diego, CA; Standard Microsystems Corporation, Hauppauge, 
NY; and Xerox Corporation, Webster, NY. The nature and objectives of 
the venture are to develop a manufacturing process and manufacturing 
infrastructure for MOEMS and to overcome the barriers that limit the 
applications of low-cost MOEMS devices in commercial applications in 
telecommunications, data acquisition, and reprographics.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6679 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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