[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13896-13897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04727]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Robotics Technology Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 5, 2013, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Robotics Technology 
Consortium, Inc. (``RTC'') 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, AM General LLC, Livonia, MI; Auburn 
University, Auburn, AL; DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc., St. Louis, MO; 
Eurisko Institute LLC, Monticello, FL; Humanistic Robotics, Inc., 
Philadelphia, PA; Polaris Sales, Inc., Medina, MN; TDC Acquisition 
Holdings, Inc., Huntsville, AL; Tech Wise, Colorado Springs, CO; 
University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ; University of Texas at Arlington 
(Research Institute), Fort Worth, TX; and Whitney, Bradley & Brown, 
Inc., Reston, VA, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Butterfly Haptics, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA; EmergentViews, Inc., 
San Francisco, CA; International Computer Science Institute, Berkley, 
CA; L-3 Services Inc., Burlington, MA; National Robotics Training 
Center (NRTC) Florence Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC; 
Neptec USA Inc., Houston, TX; Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems, 
McMinnville, OR; rChordata, LLC, Charlotte, NC; Sky Research, Inc., 
Etna, NH; and TYZX, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, have withdrawn as parties to 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 RTC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

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    On October 15, 2009, RTC 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 
November 30, 2009 (74 FR 62599).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 30, 
2012. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 8, 2012 (77 FR 34067).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-04727 Filed 2-28-13; 8:45 am]
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