[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 80406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32976]


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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 December 6, 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 July 
22, 2011, ASME has published three new standards, initiated four new 
standards activities, established two new consensus committees, and 
withdrawn six standards within the general nature and scope of ASME's 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 25, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 19, 2011 (76 FR 52014).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-32976 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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