[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61868-61869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23516]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--IPC--Association Connecting Electronics 
Industries

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 14, 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''), IPC--Association Connecting 
Electronics Industries (``IPC'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: IPC--
Association Connecting Electronics Industries, Bannockburn, IL. The 
nature and scope of IPC's standards development activities are: design 
and performance standards for all types of interconnections, including 
printed wiring boards, flexible circuits, flat cable and discrete 
wiring devices. In addition, IPC develops standards for materials used 
in these products. Also, IPC is involved in standards for computer-
aided technology, used to define electronic description. IPC is 
therefore also involved not only in the development of product 
standards, but in standardization and in guidelines

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that will impact the electronic packaging community.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23516 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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