[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 228 (Monday, November 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62599-62600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28364]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Robotics Technology Consortium, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on October 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''), Robotics Technology
Consortium, Inc. (``RTC'') 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: 5D Robotics, Inc., Boise, ID; Adaptive Materials,
Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Advanced Scientific Concepts Inc., Santa Barbara,
CA; Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), Charleston, SC; Aerius
Photonics, LLC, Ventura, CA; Alion Science and Technology Corporation,
Westminster, MD; Alliance Spacesystems, LLC, Pasadena, CA; American
Reliance, Inc. (ANREL), El Monte, CA; AnthroTronix, Inc., Silver
Spring, MD; Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; Applied
Systems Intelligence, Inc., Alpharetta, GA; Artisan Robotics, Tucson,
AZ; Atair Aerospace, Inc., Brooklyn, NY; ATI Industrial Automation,
Apex, NC; Autonomous Exploration, Inc., Andover, MA; Autonomous of
Justice Vision Solutions Inc., Petersboro, UT; BAE Systems Land &
Armaments, Santa Clara, CA; Barrett Technology, Inc., Cambridge, MA;
Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, Idaho Falls, ID; Battelle Memorial
Institute, Columbus, OH; BFA Systems, Inc., Huntsville, AL; BioMimetic
Systems, Cambridge, MA; BioRobots, LLC, Cleveland, OH; Black-I
Robotics, Inc., Tyngesbero, MA; Black & Rossi, LLC, The Woodlands, TX;
Boston Dynamics Inc., Waltham, MA; Boston Engineering Corporation,
Waltham, MA; Braintech, Inc., Washington, DC; Broadcast Microwave
Services, Inc., Poway, CA; Burnham Consulting Inc., Chesterfield, MO;
Butterfly Haptics, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA; C-21, Inc., Stow, MA; Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; Chatten Associates, Inc., West
Conshohocken, PA; Concurrent EDA LLC, Pittsburgh, PA; Concurrent
Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Cybernet Systems Corporation, Ann
Arbor, MI; Defense Research Associates Inc., Beavercreek, OH; Defined
Business Solutions (Formerly Defined Business Strategies), Washington,
DC; DEL Services, LLC, Eldersburg, MD; Delta Information Systems, Inc.,
Horsham, PA; DeVivo AST, Inc., Huntsville, AL; DRS Sensors & Targeting
Systems, Inc., Cypress, CA; DTC Communications, Inc., Washington, DC;
EDAG Inc., Auburn Hills, MI; Elbit Systems of America, LLC, Fort Worth,
TX; EmergentViews, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Energid Technologies
Corporation, Cambridge, MA; Esys Integration Corporation, Auburn Hills,
MI; First Response Robotics, LLC, Amelia, OH; Foster-Miller, Inc.,
Waltham, MA; General Dynamics Robotic Systems, Westminster, MD; Georgia
Tech Applied Research Corporation, Smyrna, GA; Great Lakes Sound &
Vibration, Inc. (GLSV), Houghton, MI; Harris Corporation, GCSD,
Melbourne, FL; HDT Engineering Services, Inc. (formerly New World
Associates, Inc.), Fredericksburg, VA; Honeybee Robotics, New York, NY;
Honeywell International, Phoenix, AZ; Ibis-Tek, Butler, PA; Innovative
Technical Solutions, Inc. (NovaSol), Honolulu, HI; Institute for
Disabilities Research (IDRT), Wheaton, MD; Integrated Solutions for
Systems Inc. (IS4S), Huntsville, AL; International Computer Science
Institute, Berkeley, CA; Inuktun USA, LLC, Robert, LA; iRobot Corp.,
Bedford, MA; i Track Inc., Oxford, MI; ITT Corporation, Albuquerque,
NM; JADI, Inc., Troy, MI; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena,
CA; John H. Northrop & Associates, Inc., Burke, VA; Kairos Autonomi,
Sandy, UT; KJVision LLC, Philadelphia, PA; Klett Consulting Group,
Inc., Virginia Beach, VA; Kuchera Defense Systems, Windber, PA; Lithos
Robotics Corporation, Amherst, NY; Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD; Macro
USA, Roseville, CA; Mel Siegel, Consultant in Science & Technology,
Pittsburgh, PA; Mercedes-Benz Research & Development, Palo Alto, CA;
Mesa Robotics, Inc., Madison, AL; Mobile Intelligence Corporation,
Livonia, MI; Mobile Robots Inc., Amherst, NH; National Robotics
Training Center (NRTC) Florence Darlington Technical College, Florence,
SC; Navtech GPS, Springfield, VA; Neptec USA Inc., Houston,TX; Next
Wave Systems, LLC, Pekin, IN; Nomadio, Inc., Philadelphia, PA; Northrop
Grumman Remotec, Clinton, TN; Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems (NWUAV),
McMinnville, OR; Novint Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; NuVision
Engineering, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc.,
Virginia Beach, VA; Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA; Onvio, LLC,
Salem, NH; Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI; Pandora Data Systems,
Inc., Santa Cruz, CA; PERL Research LLC, Huntsville, AL; Photon-X,
Inc., Huntsville, AL; Photon-X, LLC, Huntsville, AL; PNI Sensor
Corporation, Santa Rosa, CA; Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc.,
Huntsville, AL; Prioria Robotics, Inc., Gainesville, FL; Quantum 3D,
Inc., San Jose, CA; Quantum Signal, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI; Rababy &
Associates, LLC, Spotsylvania, VA; Raytheon Co., Waltham, MA; RE2,
Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Readylabs, Inc., Pleasanton, CA; ReconRobotics,
Inc., Edina, MN; Rep Invariant Systems, Inc., Cambridge, MA; RF
Extreme, Hackettstown, NJ; Robotex Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA; Robotic
Research, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; Robotics Research Corporation,
Cincinnati, OH; Robotic Technology, Inc., Potomac, MD; Robot Worx,
Marion, OH; RPU Technology, Inc., Needham, MA; Sarnoff Corporation,
Princeton, NJ; SAVIT Corporation, Parsippany, NJ; Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC), San Diego, CA; Scientific
Applications & Research Assoc., Inc. (SARA), Cypress, CA; Scientific
Systems Company, Inc., Woburn, MA; Secure Axxess Solutions, LLC,
Nashua, NH; Seegrid Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA; Sense Technologies,
LLC, Boerne, TX; SET Corporation, Arlington, VA; Shee Atika
Technologies, LLC, Kirkland, WA; Silvus Technologies, Inc., Los
Angeles, CA; SJ Automation LLC, Monterey, CA; SkEyes Unlimited Corp.,
Washington, PA; Smart Information Flow Technologies, LLC (SIFT),
Minneapolis, MN; Soar Technology, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Southwest
Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; SRI International, Menlo Park, CA;
Stealth Robotics, LLC, Longmont, CO; StratBot, Villanova, PA; STRATOM,
Inc., Boulder, CO; Sullivan
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Advanced Technology, San Diego, CA; TBI, LLC, Washington, DC; Technical
Products Inc., Ayer, MA; Tech Team Government Solutions, Ann Arbor, MI;
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Textron Systems Corp.,
Wilmington, MA; The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL; The Charles Stark
Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA; The Droid Works, Inc., Wayland, MA;
The Pennsylvania State University, Freeport, PA; The Regents of the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; The Technology Collaborative
(NCDR), Pittsburgh, PA; The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX;
Think-A-Move, Ltd, Beachwood, OH; Three Rivers 3D, Inc., Gibsonia, PA;
TORC Technologies, Blacksburg, VA; Torrey Pines Logic, Inc., San Diego,
CA; Toycen Corporation, Ogdenburg, NY; TRACLabs Inc., Houston, TX;
TYZX, Inc., Menlo Park, CA; Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems Inc.,
Wallingford, CT; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; University of
Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA; University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; University of
Wyoming, Laramie, WY; Valde Systems, Inc., Brookline, NH; Vecna
Technologies, Inc., College Park, MD; Velodyne Lidar, Inc., Morgan
Hill, CA; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Vision Robotics Federal
Systems, LLC, San Diego, CA; West Virginia High Technology Consortium
Foundation (WVHTCF), Fairmont, WV; WINTEC, Incorporated, Walton Beach,
FL; and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.
The general areas of RTC's planned activities are: (a) To enter in
to an agreement with the U.S. Government to provide the U.S. Government
advice in developing and executing ground robotics endeavors by
performing certain research and development (including prototype
projects) in the area of robotics, to be conducted in collaboration
with the U.S. Government and Members, as selected, funded and
technically supervised by the U.S. Government; (b) to collaboratively
and collectively provide the U.S. government with input and advice on
non-proprietary, nonconfidential technical concepts and issues; (c) to
inform members of Congress and their staff and other branches of the
U.S. Government about robotics technology research; and, (d) to engage
in any other lawful activities that will further the purposes of RTC.
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-28364 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
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