[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 1641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-627]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Caterpillar Inc.: Structural Health Integrated 
Electronic Life Determination (``Shield'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 19, 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''), Caterpillar 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 a joint 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 Caterpillar Inc., Mossville, IL; Motorola, Inc., 
Schaumburg, IL; and Native American Technologies Company, Golden, CO. 
The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop and demonstrate 
an on-board, electronic, real time structural health monitoring system 
for metals. The activities of this Joint Venture project will be 
partially funded by an award from the Advanced Technology Program, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-627 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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