[Federal Register: June 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 122)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Collaboration Agreement for High Performance 
Buildings

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 25, 2004, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), United Technologies Corporation, 
on behalf of the Collaboration Agreement for High Performance 
Buildings, 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 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 United Technologies 
Corporation, acting through United Technologies Research Center, East 
Hartford, CT; and Oculus Technologies Corporation, Boston, MA. The 
nature and objectives of the venture are to engage in cooperative 
research and development in the area of integrated design methods and 
tools for high performance, safe buildings. The aforementioned parties 
will not individually engage in production of the resulting product 
under this joint research and development venture.
    Membership in the program remains open, and the Collaboration 
Agreement for High Performance Buildings intends to file additional 
notifications disclosing

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all changes in membership or planned activities.

Dorothy B. Fountain;
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-14542 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]

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