[Federal Register: October 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 203)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International-Intellectual Property Policy

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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''), ASTM International--
Intellectual Property Policy (``ASTM-IPP'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: ASTM 
International--Intellectual Property Policy, west Conshohocken, PA. The 
nature and scope of ASTM-IPP's standards development activities are: 
ASTM International develops standrds in over 130 areas covering 
subjects including consumer products, medical services and devices, 
electronics, metals, paints, plastics, textiles, petroleum, 
construction, energy and the environment. ASTM International, as part 
of its standards development activities, has promulgated and adopted an 
Intellectual Property Policy as described in the Act (publicly 
available at http://www.astm.org/Itpolicy.pdf.

    For additional information, please contact: Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr., 
General Counsel, ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West 
Conshohocken, PA, telephone no. (610) 832-9597, e-mail address 
tobrien@astm.org.


Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23535 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]

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