Notice is hereby given that, on November 17, 2003, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Industrial Macromolecular Crystallography Association (IMCA) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA has been added as a party to this venture. Also, The Procter and Gamble Distributing Company, Cincinnati, OH; Pharmacia Corporation, Peapack, NJ; Pharmacia and Upjohn Company, Peapack, NJ; and Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC have been dropped as parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Memb ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-12-03-30735 Fri, Dec 12 2003 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-12-03-30737

Notice is hereby given that, on October 2, 2003, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), NanoEngineered Thermal Interfaces Materials Enabling Next Generation Microelectronics has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Cabot Corporation, Albuquerque, NM has been added as a party 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 NanoEngineered Thermal Interfaces Materials Enabling Next Generation Microelectronics intends to file additional written notification disclosing all chang ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-12-03-30737 Fri, Dec 12 2003 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-12-03-30732

Notice is hereby given that, on October 29, 2003, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), National Shipbuilding Research Program (``NSRP'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, VT Halter Marine, Inc., Gulfport, MS, a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc., Alexandria, VA, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering, Ltd., Singapore, Singapore, has been added as a party 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 NSRP intends to file additional writte ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-12-03-30732 Fri, Dec 12 2003 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-12-03-30734

Notice is hereby given that, on October 16, 2003, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Agiltron Incorporated has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act, the identities of the parties are Agiltron Incorporated, Wilmington, MA, and AC Photonics Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA. The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop and demonstrate a new type of optical switch based on an optical MEMS platform.
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 0330734 Filed 121103; 8:45 am]
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Notice is hereby given that, on November 12, 2003, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Tokyo Electron Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Port Orford Company, Rollingbay, WA have been added 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 Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
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Notice is hereby given that, on November 12, 2003, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), USB Flash Drive Alliance (``UFDA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties are Kingston Technologies, Fountain Valley, CA; Lexar Media, Inc., Fremont, CA; Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., San Jose, CA; SimpleTech, Inc., Santa Ana, CA; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Viking Interworks, a SanimnaSCI Company, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA; Crucial Technology, a division of Micron, Boise, ID; GenesysLogic, San Jose, CA; and PNY Tec ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-12-03-30736 Fri, Dec 12 2003 11:00:00 GMT