National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 161 (Friday, August 19, 2011)

Notices

Page 52014

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-21114

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 July 25, 2011, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), 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 Specifically, since April 7, 2011, ASME has published one new standard, initiated five new standards activities, withdrawn two standards, established one new consensus committee, and revised the charter of one consensus committee within the general nature and scope of ASME's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 http://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 was filed with the Department on April 12, 2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to

Section 6(b) of the Act on May 11, 2011 (76 FR 27351).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.

FR Doc. 2011-21114 Filed 8-18-11; 8:45 am

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