[Federal Register: September 23, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 184)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Open Devicenet Vendor Association, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 1, 2005, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Open DeviceNet Vendor 
Association, Inc. (``ODVA'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were 
filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting 
recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Specifically, National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa 
Clara, CA; Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, GA; Wizardry 
Inc., Gardnerville, NV; Bihl+Wiedemann GmbH, Mannheim, Germany; Ametek, 
Inc., Paoli, PA; Spyder Controls Corporation, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada; 
and Keyence Corporation, Osaka, Japan have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    Also, Jeongil Intercom Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea; 
Embedded Systems Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Agilicom, Tours, 
France; and Micro Mo Electronics, Inc., Clearwater, FL have withdrawn 
as parties to this venture. The following member has changed its name: 
Max Stegmann GmbH to Sick Stegmann GmbH, Donaueschingen, Germany.
    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 ODVA intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 21, 1995, ODVA 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 February 
15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 18, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on June 13, 2005 (70 FR 34151).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-19008 Filed 9-12-05; 8:45 am]

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