[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 240 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75771-75772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29296]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Interchangeable Virtual Instruments Foundation, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 3, 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''), Interchangeable Virtual 
Instruments Foundation, 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, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore, 
INDIA; Easbeacon Test Systems Ltd., Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; The Boeing Company, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; and Raytheon 
Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ have withdrawn as parties to this venture. 
In addition, Xantrex Technology, Inc. has changed its name to Ametek 
Programmable Power, San Diego, 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 Interchangeable Virtual Instruments 
Foundation, Inc. intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 29, 2001, Interchangeable Virtual Instruments Foundation, 
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 July 30, 2001 (66 FR 
39336).

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    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 2, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 11, 2008 (73 FR 39987).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-29296 Filed 12-11-08; 8:45 am]
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