[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 50 (Thursday, March 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12199-12200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1200]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 17, 2007, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Semiconductor Test 
Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Rasco GmbH, Kolbermoor, GERMANY; Gerhard Kessler, Munich, 
GERMANY; Rood Technology GmbH & Co., Nordlingen, GERMANY; 
Multitestelektron Systems GmbH, Rosenheim, GERMANY; and Form Factor, 
Inc., Livermore, CA have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Xandex, Inc., Petaluma, CA; Swanson Semiconductor Service, 
Fort Worth, TX; PXIT, Lexington, MA; HILEVEL, Irvine, CA; and EADS-
North American Defense, Irvine, CA have withdrawn as parties to this 
venture. In addition, Philips Semiconductors has changed its name to 
NXP Semiconductors, San Jose, CA.
    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 Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc. 
intends to file additional written

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notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 27, 2003, Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc. 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 June 17, 2003 (68 FR 35913).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 25, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 22, 2006 (71 FR 67643).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1200 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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