[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 45855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19671]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--SEMATECH, Inc. d/b/a International SEMATECH

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 16, 2003, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), SEMATECH Inc. (which is doing 
business as International SEMATECH) has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership and project 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.
    With respect to membership status, Hynix Semiconductor Inc. 
(formerly known as Hyundai Electronics Industries Company, Ltd.), 
Kyoungki-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; and STMicroelectronics, Geneva, 
SWITZERLAND have been dropped as parties to this venture.
    The scope of the venture has expanded through a new program called 
the Research and Development (R&D) Foundry. The nature and objectives 
of the R&D Foundry are to make International SEMATECH's Advanced 
Technology Development Facility (``ATDF'') available for customized 
programs and advanced R&D on fee-for-project basis. R&D Foundry 
customers can be International SEMATECH members, universities, 
equipment suppliers and other third parties in the industry (including 
non-member chip makers). Fees from R&D Foundry projects will be used to 
offset the expense of operating the ATDF. The R&D Foundry customer may 
be given exclusive access at certain times to tools in the ATDF and, 
depending on the nature of the project, may have a dedicated area in 
which to conduct ongoing research. Alternatively, International 
SEMATECH ATDF employees will perform the work for the R&D Foundry 
customer. International SEMATECH will provide personnel to manage the 
R&D Foundry projects. International SEMATECH personnel costs and other 
costs related to R&D Foundry activities will be separately accounted 
for. If an International SEMATECH member is also an R&D Foundry 
customer, its R&D Foundry fee will not be counted toward International 
SEMATECH membership dues. The R&D Foundry customer will have exclusive 
access to and ownership of most of the intellectual property (``IP'') 
resulting from its project.
    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 International SEMATECH intends to 
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On April 22, 1988, International SEMATECH 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 May 19, 1988 (53 FR 17987).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 19, 
2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on April 24, 2001 (66 FR 20686).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-19671 Filed 8-01-03; 8:45 am]
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