[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 67 (Monday, April 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 18813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7006]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Venture Agreement Between Air Products 
and Chemicals, Inc. and Konarka Technologies, Inc., in Furtherance of 
NIST Cooperative Agreement (Proposal Number 00-00-7749)

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 5, 2008, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Joint Venture Agreement Between 
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and Konarka Technologies, Inc., in 
Furtherance of NIST Cooperative Agreement (Proposal Number 00-00-7749) 
(``Joint Venture'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 
the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Konarka Technologies, Inc., Lowell, MA and Air 
Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA. The general area of the 
Joint Venture's planned activity is to produce and commercialize 
organic photovoltaic modules that are transparent to any pre-selected 
region of the visible spectrum. This unique feature enables the 
application of these colored, transparent, power producing modules in 
windows for commercial and residential buildings and greenhouses.
    The activities of this Joint Venture project will be partially 
funded by an award from the Advanced Technology Program, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-7006 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]
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