[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 121 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 30327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14983]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--iRobot Corporation

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 15, 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''), iRobot Corporation (``iRobot'') 
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: iRobot, Bedford, MA; Georgia Tech Research 
Corporation, Atlanta, GA; Lockheed Martin Advanced Technologies 
Laboratories, Cherry Hill, NJ; the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, MA; Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ; The 
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, 
CA; and The Regents of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 
The general area of iRobot's planned activity is to engage in 
cooperative research and development in the area of robotic perception, 
intelligence, human-robot interaction, and dexterous manipulation and 
unique mobility.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-14983 Filed 6-24-09; 8:45 am]
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