[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 59162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24398]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 27, 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''), National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Anglicotech LLC, Washington, DC; Battelle, 
Columbus, OH; Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Round Lake, IL; Climax 
Portable Machine Tools, Inc., Newberg, OR; Clockwork Solutions, Inc. 
(CSI), Austin, TX; Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI; Edison 
Welding Institute (EWI), Columbus, OH; General Dynamics, St. 
Petersburg, FL; GM Powertrain--Transmission Manufacturing Engineering, 
Pontiac, MI; Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ; InTheWorks, Inc., 
Bainbridge Island, WA; M.P. Chene, Inc., Yorba Linda, CA; The Marlin 
Group, LLC, Oak Hill, VA; Microsoft Corporation, Cambridge, MA; 
MTConnect Institute, McLean, VA; The National Center for Technology 
Advancement (NCTA), Arlington, VA; OBD Solutions, Phoenix, AZ; The Ohio 
State University/Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), Columbus, OH; 
Optomec, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; Picometrix, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI; Portal 
Dynamics Inc., Alexandria, VA; Portland Tacoma (PORTAC) Consulting, 
Stevenson, WA; Services and Solutions Group, LLC, N. Charleston, SC; 
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; Topline Technology 
Solutions, LLC, Bedford, IN; TotalSim LLC, Dublin, OH; Universal 
Synaptics Corporation, Ogden, UT; University of Louisville, Louisville, 
KY; University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA; University of Texas 
Austin, Austin, TX; Vista Controls, Inc., dba Curtiss-Wright Controls 
Electronic Systems, Santa Clarita, CA; and Wend Associates, Inc., 
Marine City, MI, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Aging Aircraft Consulting, LLC, Warner Robins, GA; Anautics, 
Oklahoma City, OK; ARC Technology Solutions, LLC, Nashua, NH; BAE 
Systems, Wayne, NJ; BCT Technology, Inc., Keene, NH; Coherix, Inc., Ann 
Arbor, MI; Eastern Instrumentation of Philadelphia, Morristown, NJ; 
Engineered Performance Materials Company, LLC, Saline, MI; EOS of North 
America, Inc., Chanhassen, MN; GSA Service Company, Sterling, VA; 
Intelli-Check Mobilisa, Inc., Alexandria, VA; National Research 
Council, London, Ontario, CANADA; Next Energy Center, Detroit, MI; 
Raytheon Company, Dallas, TX; Siemens AG, Exton, PA; Support Systems 
Associates, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and VCAMM Ltd., Belmont, Victoria, 
AUSTRALIA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and NCMS intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, NCMS filed its original notification pursuant 
to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a 
notice in the Federal Register pursant to Section 6(b) of the Act on 
March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 26, 
2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 8, 2010 (75 FR 54652).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-24398 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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