[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 53526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24769]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 20, 2017, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), ODVA, Inc. (``ODVA'') 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, Vanderlande 
Industries B.V., Veghel, THE NETHERLANDS; Banner Engineering Corp., 
Minneapolis, MN; Berk-Tek LLC, New Holland, PA; Herkules-Resotec 
Elektronik GmbH, Baunatal, GERMANY; Automation Solutions, LP, Houston, 
TX; Thorsis Technologies GmbH, Magdeburg, GERMANY; WITZ Corporation, 
Nagoya, JAPAN; Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc. of California, Chatsworth, 
CA; and Misumi Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN, have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    Also, RF IDeas, Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL; Define Instruments, 
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND; Celerity, Inc., Hatfield, PA; Sencon, Bedford 
Park, IL; Northwire Inc., Osceola, WI; and Osaka Vacuum, Ltd., Osaka, 
JAPAN, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 ODVA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 21, 1995, ODVA 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 February 
15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 27, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 28, 2017 (82 FR 40805).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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