[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25520]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1933--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 28, 2002, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. 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, Ferro Corporation, 
Washington, PA; FOBA North American Laser, Lee's Summit, MO; HY-Tech 
Research Corporation, Radford, VA; JWH Group, Inc., Peninsula, OH; 
Monode Marking Products, Inc., Mentor, OH; Motorsoft, Inc., Lebanon, 
OH; RLW, Inc., State College, PA; Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (RVSI), 
Canton, MA; Rockwell Automation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI; Spatial 
Integrated Systems, Inc. (SIS), Rockville, MD; Telesis Technologies, 
Inc., Rosewell, GA; and Waterjet Tech, Inc., St. Louis, MO have been 
added as parties to this venture. Also, Hydrogen Technology 
Applications, Clearwater, FL; Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, 
Pittsburgh, PA: Cybernet Systems Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI; ESD, The 
Engineering Society of Detroit, Southfield, MI; Hurco Companies, Inc., 
Indianapolis, IN; Information Transport Associates, Inc., Annapolis, 
MD; IntelliSeek, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; LMI Automotive, Windsor, 
Ontario, Canada; Metal Finishing Suppliers Association, Inc., Herndon, 
VA; Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, Plymouth, MI; 
MicroDexterity Systems, Inc., Carbondale, CO; Minority Sub-Contractors 
Center, Inc., Clairton, PA; Primavera Systems, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA; 
Quantum Consultants, Inc., East Lansing, MI; Savi Technology, Inc., St. 
Charles, MD; Setco Industries, Inc., Novi, MI; SMART Technologies, 
Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Southwest Research Institute, San 
Antonio, TX; Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, Milford, OH; 
Trellis Software & Controls, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI; and Triton 
Systems, Inc., Chelmsford, MA have been dropped as parties to this 
venture.
    Bresson, Rupp, Lipa & Company, Ann Arbor, MI has changed its 
company name to Knovalent, Inc.
    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 National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc. 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 March 17, 1987 (52 FR 
8375).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 3, 2002. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on July 8, 2002 (67 FR 45150).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-25520 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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