Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993PDES, Inc.

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2039]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--PDES, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 26, 1998, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), PDES, Inc. (``PDES'') has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership 
status. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Delphi 
Delco Electronics, Kokomo, IN; DoD/Ramp Program Office, Crane, IN; 
NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and Theorem Solutions Limited, Fradley Park, 
Staffordshire, ENGLAND have been added as parties to this venture. 
Also, AT&T, Holmdel, NJ; Autodesk, San Rafael, CA; Computervision 
Corporation, Bedford, MA; and General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH 
have been dropped as parties to this venture.
    General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT has changed its membership 
name to Electric Boat Corporation--A General Dynamics Company, Groton, 
CT; and McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, MO has merged with 
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA.
    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 PDES intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 20, 1988, PDES 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 October 14, 1988 (53 FR 40282).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 27, 
1995. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 20, 1995 (60 FR 32170).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2039 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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