[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: 07-4438]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Type Culture Collection

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 2, 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 Type Culture Collection 
(``ATCC'') 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 Type 
Culture Collection, Manassas, VA. The nature and scope of ATCC's 
standards development activities are: ATCC will develop consensus 
standards for biomaterials and related processes including their 
development, identification, authentication, production, storage, 
distribution and transfer. Biomaterials include, but are not limited 
to, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, cell lines, toxins, protozoa, viruses and 
molecular products such as DNA.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-4438 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]
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