[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 64449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27081]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Sematech, Inc. D/B/A International Sematech

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 22, 2015, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Sematech, Inc. d/b/a 
International Sematech (``SEMATECH'') 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, SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd., 
Kyoto, JAPAN; and Veeco Instruments Inc., Plainview, NY, have been 
added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Silvaco, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Yonsei University, Seoul, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Inpria Corporation, Corvallis, OR; Shin Etsu 
Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Rion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; AIXTRON 
SE., Herzogenrath, GERMANY; Nova Measuring Instruments, Ltd., Rehovot, 
ISRAEL; and Conexant Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA, have withdrawn as 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 SEMATECH intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 22, 1988, SEMATECH 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 May 19, 1988 (53 FR 17987).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 23, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on July 17, 2015 (80 FR 42538).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-27081 Filed 10-22-15; 8:45 am]
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