[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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