[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72723-72724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30307]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Fieldbus Foundation

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 20, 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''), Fieldbus Foundation 
(``Fieldbus'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) The 
name and principal place of business of the standards development 
organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development 
activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Fieldbus 
Foundation, Austin, TX. More information about Fieldbus can be found at 
http://www.fieldbus.org/index.html. The nature and scope of Fieldbus's 
standards development activities are: development (by end users, 
manufacturers, universities and research organizations working 
together) of automation infrastructure that provides integrity, 
business intelligence and open scalable integration in a managed 
environment. Current Fieldbus teams for specification development and 
maintenance are described at: http://www.fieldbus.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=941&Itemid=454.
    Additional information about Fieldbus specifications is available 
at: http://www.fieldbus.org/index.php?

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Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-30307 Filed 11-23-11; 8:45 am]
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