[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15300]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Ultrasonic Metal Welding--Enabling the All 
Aluminum Vehicle Joint Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 28, 2005, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Ultrasonic Metal Welding-Enabling 
the All Aluminum Vehicle Joint Venture (``USW Project'') has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The 
notification were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Branson 
Ultrasonics Corporation, Danbury, CT has been added as a party to this 
venture, and American Technologies, Inc., Danbury, CT has withdrawn as 
a party to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and USW Project intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On August 6, 2003, USW Project filed its original notification 
pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of 
the Act on September 8, 2003 (68 FR 52959).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-15300 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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