[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69398-69399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26223]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation: 
Conformal Direct-Write Technology Enabled, Wireless, Smart Turbine 
Components

    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''), Siemens Westinghouse Power 
Corporation: Conformal Direct-Write Technology Enabled, Wireless, Smart 
Turbine Components has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade

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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: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, FL 
and Mesoscribe Technologies, Inc., Stony Brook, NY. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to demonstrate the viability of smart, 
self-aware engine components that will incorporate embedded, harsh-
environment capable sensors for thermal, mechanical, and wear sensing, 
integrated with wireless technology for signal transmission under the 
Advanced Technology Program of NIST. The activities of the joint 
venture will be partially funded by an award from the Advanced 
Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26223 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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