[Federal Register: March 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 47)]
[Notices]               
[Page 12762]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr10mr08-95]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--High Definition Metrology and Process-2 Micron 
Manufacturing Under ATP Award No. 70NANB7H7041

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 13, 2007, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), High Definition Metrology 
and Process-2 Micron Manufacturing under ATP Award No.70NANB7H7041 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 
to the venture are: Engineering and Manufacturing Alliance, Ann Arbor, 
MI; Coherix Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; and 
Superior Controls, Plymouth, MI. The general area of planned activity 
is to develop High Definition Metrology and related manufacturing 
technologies to realize a significant enhancement in both accuracy and 
precision in manufacturing, aiming for 2 micron variation in precision 
manufacturing.
    The activities of this venture project will be partially funded by 
an award from the advanced Technology Program, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-4394 Filed 3-7-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410-11-M