[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2159]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 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''), American Board of 
Orthopaedic Surgery (``ABOS'') 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: American 
Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chapel Hill, NC. The nature and scope of 
ABOS's standards development activities are: Development of educational 
standards and standards for evaluating the qualifications and knowledge 
of physicians seeking voluntary certification in orthopaedic surgery.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-2159 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
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