[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 64 (Monday, April 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8081]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Photonic Batch Processing (``PBP'') Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 3, 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''), Photonic Batch Processing 
(``PBP'') Consortium 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 Adept Technology, Inc., 
San Jose, CA; Newport Corporation, Irvine, CA; Rsoft, Inc., Ossining, 
NY; and SDL, Inc., San Jose, CA. The nature and objectives of the 
venture are to develop new technologies for automated batch processing 
for assembling optics, lasers, and other components into devices.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-8081 Filed 3-31-00; 8:45 am]
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