[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01337]


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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 November 7, 2022, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the American Society of 
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 August 13, 2021, ASME has published seven new 
standards, initiated three new standards activities and withdrawn two 
proposed standards from consideration 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 with the Attorney General was filed on August 
13, 2021. A notice was filed in the Federal Register on October 5, 2021 
(86 FR 55002).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director of Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01337 Filed 1-23-23; 8:45 am]
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