[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 79217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32693]


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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 November 22, 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, ANSYS, Inc., Lebanon, NH; Emerson Process 
Management LLP, Glen Allen, VA; Honeywell Process Solutions Division of 
Honeywell International, Phoenix, AZ; New Mexico Computing Applications 
Center (NMCAC), Albuquerque, NM; Osterhout Design Group, San Francisco, 
CA; Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition (PNDC), Portland, OR; and 
University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, have been added as 
parties to this venture.
    Also, Aerowing, Inc., Las Vegas, NV; Centerline (Windsor) Limited, 
Windsor, Ontario, CANADA; Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, Inc., Irvine, 
CA; Milspray Military Technologies, Lakewood, NJ; and Seica, Inc., 
Salem, NH, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on 
March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 27, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 23, 2011 (76 FR 59162).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-32693 Filed 12-20-11; 8:45 am]
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