[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 83 (Friday, April 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10596]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant To The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Affymetrix, Inc., Molecular Dynamics, Inc. and 
Molecular Applications Group

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 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''), Affymetrix Gene Chip 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 Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, 
CA; Molecular Dynamics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; and Molecular Applications 
Group, Palo Alto, CA. The nature and objectives of the venture are to 
conduct research and development activities relating to the miniature 
integrated nucleic acid diagnostic (MIND) development. The work is 
being performed pursuant to Proposal No. 94-05-0016 made to the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States 
Department of Commerce, Advanced Technology Program (``the Proposal''). 
The work will be performed to generate and develop nucleic acid 
evaluation systems for use in, for example, DNA diagnostics, research, 
forensics, and other applications.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-10596 Filed 4-27-00; 8:45 am]
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