[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26214]



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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. 70NAB4H3055

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 20, 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. 70NAB4H3055 has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) The identities of the parties to the venture 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 
to the venture are: The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI and Veeco 
Metrology, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA. The nature and objectives of the 
venture are to develop high speed atomic force microscope capabilities 
for quantitative nanomechanical measurements.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26214 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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