[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3127]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Ohio Aerospace Institute Federated Intelligent 
Product Environment Consortium (``FIPER'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 17, 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''), Ohio Aerospace Institute 
Federated Intelligent Product Environment Consortium (``FIPER'') 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 Ohio Aerospace Institute, 
Cleveland, OH; BFGoodrich Aerospace, Aerostructures Group, Chula Vista, 
CA; Engineous Software, Inc., Morrisville, NC; GE Aircraft Engines, 
Cincinnati, OH; Ohio University, Athens, OH; and Parker Hannifin 
Corporation, Mentor, OH. The nature and objectives of the venture are 
to conduct research and development directed at reducing design time by 
intelligently automating elements of the design process in a linked 
associative environment. The participants are joining together to 
collaborate to accelerate the development of technology to provide true 
concurrency between design and manufacturing. Information regarding 
participation in The Federated Intelligent Product Environment 
``FIPER'' Consortium may be obtained from Jake Breland, Ohio Aerospace 
Institute (OAI), 22800 Cedar Point Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44142.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-3127 Filed 2-9-00; 8:45 am]
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