[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 70282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26623]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--DICOM Standards Committee

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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''), DICOM Standards Committee 
(``DICOM''), by its Secretariat, the National Electrical Manufacturers 
Association (``NEMA''), 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: DICOM 
Standards Committee, Rosslyn, VA. The nature and scope of DICOM's 
standards development activities are: To develop and maintain the DICOM 
(``Digital Communications in Medicine'') Standard, an international 
standard for communication of biomedical diagnostic and therapeutic 
information in disciplines that use digital images and associated data. 
The goals of DICOM are to achieve compatibility and to improve workflow 
efficiency between imaging systems and other information systems in 
healthcare environments worldwide. The standards developed by DICOM are 
published by NEMA.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26623 Filed 12-2-04; 8:45 am]
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