[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13722]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Lightwave Microsystems Corp.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 19, 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''), Lightwave Microsystems 
Corporation 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 Lightwave Microsystems 
Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; and BFGoodrich, Brecksville, OH. The 
nature and objectives of the venture are to work together to develop 
technology involving the development of new classes of polymers and 
novel fabrication approaches, which will be used in designing and 
manufacturing low-cost devices for routing, amplifying and switching 
signals in the telecommunications network.
    The resulting devices should lead to significantly improved 
products at a lower cost for signal routing, switching and 
amplification in telecommunications networks.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13722 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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