[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12723]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--United Technologies Research Center (``UTRC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 11, 1999, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), United Technologies Research 
Center (``UTRC'') 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, United Technology Corporation, acting through United 
Technologies Research Center (``UTC''), East Hartford, CT; The 
University of Connecticut (``UConn''), Storres, CT; Elf Aquitaine 
(``Elf''), Paris La Defense Cedex, France; Ford Motor Company 
(``Ford''), Dearborn, MI; Tyco Printed Circuit Group Inc. (``Tyco''), 
Stafford Springs, CT; and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (``3M''), 
Austin, TX have been added as parties 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 Untied Technologies Research Center 
(``UTRC') intends to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership.
    On July 29, 1996, United Technologies Research Center (``UTRC'') 
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 August 20, 1996 (61 FR 43077).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12723 Filed 5-19-99; 8:45 am]
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