[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65156-65157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29261]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 13, 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''), American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers (``ASME'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing additions or

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changes to its standards development activities. 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, since July 15, 2009, ``ASME'' has 
published four new standards and initiated eight new standards 
activities, within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards 
development activities, as specified in its original notification. More 
detail regarding these changes can be found at www.asme.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASME 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 October 13, 2004 (69 FR 60895).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 20, 
2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 21, 2009 (74 FR 42329).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-29261 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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