[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-30787]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--FieldComm Group, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 8, 2014, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), FieldComm Group, Inc. 
(``FieldComm'') 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: FieldComm 
Group, Inc., Austin, TX. The nature and scope of FieldComm's standards 
development activities are: To build upon existing technologies and 
develop a single future vision toward harmonization of standards for 
the process automation industry worldwide. FieldComm will combine the 
standards development activity previously conducted under the auspices 
of the HART[supreg] Communication Foundation and the Fieldbus 
Foundation.
    The formal transfer to FieldComm of all or substantially all the 
assets and liabilities of the HART[supreg] Communication Foundation and 
the Fieldbus Foundation was approved by both organizations' boards on 
August 30, 2014, and will become effective on or before January 1, 
2015. The two organizations will operate independently until that time, 
but will engage in integration planning activities for the transition 
to FieldComm. Upon completion of such transfers to FieldComm by the two 
organizations and subject to any other residual state or federal law 
obligations, both organizations are then expected to cease doing 
business and will be legally dissolved in early 2015.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-30787 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]
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