[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 79150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32635]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 3, 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''), the National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') 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, Eclypse 
International Corporation, Corona, CA; General Lasertronics 
Corporation, San Jose CA; IMES, Inc., Norwell, MA; Pennsylvania State 
University, State College, PA; and the Aerostructures Corporation, 
Nashville, TN have been added as parties to this venture. Also, 
Concentus Technology Corporation, Dublin, OH has resigned or has had 
their membership in NCMS terminated.
    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 NCMS intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 August 28, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 8, 2002 (67 FR 62816).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-32635 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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