[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 161 (Friday, August 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 52014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21114]


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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 July 25, 2011, 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 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 April 7, 
2011, ASME has published one new standard, initiated five new standards 
activities, withdrawn two standards, established one new consensus 
committee, and revised the charter of one consensus committee 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 http://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 April 12, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 11, 2011 (76 FR 27351).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-21114 Filed 8-18-11; 8:45 am]
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