[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 97 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 23885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11825]


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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 April 10, 2009, 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, Advanced 
Inquiry Systems, Inc., Hillsboro, OR; Rasco GmbH, Kolbermoor, GERMANY; 
Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, Irvine, CA; Aeroflex Test Solutions, 
Stevenage Hertfordshire, UNITED KINGDOM; and Tom Jackson (individual 
member), Merrimack, NH have been dropped as parties to this venture. 
Also, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. has changed its name to Panasonic 
Electric Works Co., Ltd., Tsu Mie, JAPAN.
    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 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 January 21, 
2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 26, 2009 (74 FR 8812).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-11825 Filed 5-20-09; 8:45 am]
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