[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 24972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10449]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Nanotechnology Enterprise Consortium
Notice is hereby given that, on April 1, 2010, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the NanoTechnology Enterprise
Consortium (``NTEC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing
(1) the identities of the parties to the venture 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: Nanotechnology Enterprise, Inc. Columbia, MO; The
Boeing Company, Chicago, IL; CertTech, LLC, Overland Park, KS; DefEar
Systems, LLC, Salem, MO; EaglePitcher Technologies, LLC, Joplin, MO;
Nanos Technologies, LLC, Columbia, MO; Nanoparticle BioChem, Inc.,
Columbia, MO; NEMS/MEMS Works, LLC, Chesterfiels, MO; ThermAvant
Technolgies, LLC, Columbia, MO; University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO; and University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. The
general area of NTEC'S planned activity is to help small, medium, and
large member companies, university researchers, and government and
private funders to collaborate on applying nanotechnology to create
innovation products for commercial and military use, including the
defense, biomedical, energy, and agriculture sectors.
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-10449 Filed 5-5-10; 8:45 am]
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