[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 51839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4434]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 11, 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''), American Society of Mechanical 
Engineers (``ASME'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development activities. 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, since March 23, 
2007, ASME has published several new standards, initiated several new 
standards activities, and revised several consensus committee charters 
within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards development 
activities, as specified in its original notification. More details 
regarding these changes can be found at http://www.asme.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASME 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 October 13, 2004 (69 FR 60895).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 10, 
2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 8, 2007 (72 FR 31855).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-4434 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]
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