[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18858]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research And 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Venture Under ATP Award No. 70NANB4H3027

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 19, 2004, 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 Joint Venture Under ATP Award 
No. 70NANB4H3027 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 The POM Group, Inc., 
Auburn Hills, MI; Nuvonyx Inc., Bridgeton, MO; and Stellite Coatings, 
Goshen, IN. The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop and 
demonstrate high speed, ultra-precision Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) 
technology for tool and die manufacturing, which creates metal alloys 
with unique and controlled mechanical properties. This technology will 
be incorporated with a high power fiber-coupled diode laser power 
source and a Dry EDM final finishing process. 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, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18858 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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