[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-26291]
[[Page Unknown]]
[Federal Register: October 24, 1994]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993 United Technologies Research Center
Notice is hereby given that, on September 1, 1994, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), United Technologies
Research Center (``UTRC''), an unincorporated operating unit of United
Technologies Corporation (``UTC''), filed a written notification on
behalf of UTC, Advanced Healthcare Systems, Inc., an affiliate of
Johnson & Johnson (``Advanced Healthcare Systems''); AMP Incorporated
(``AMP''); Hasbro Incorporated (``Hasbro''); Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Company (``3M''); the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (``MIT''); Extrude Home Corporation (``Extrude Home''); and
Soligen Technologies, Inc. (``Soligen'') simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing: (1) The
identities of the parties to a joint research and development venture;
and (2) the nature and objective of the venture. The notification was
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 are UTC, acting through UTRC, East Hartford, CT; Advanced
Healthcare Systems, Cincinnati, OH; AMP, Harrisburg, PA; Hasbro,
Pawtucket, RI; 3M, St. Paul, MN; M.I.T., Cambridge, MA; Extrude Home,
Irwin, PA; and Soligen, Northridge, CA.
UTC, Advanced Healthcare Systems, AMP, Hasbro, 3M, M.I.T., Extrude
Home and Soligen, entered into a Collaboration Agreement effective
August 1, 1994, to engage in cooperative research and development in
the area of low cost, high performance rapid plastics injection mold
tooling fabrication utilizing three dimensional (3D) printing
technology, including without limitation the experimental building,
finishing, assembly and testing of molds using 3D printing methods, and
analysis of prototype performance data in comparison to existing
tooling fabrication methods.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-26291 Filed 10-21-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-01-M
