01-7781. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-PXI Systems Alliance, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on February 26, 2001, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), PXI Systems Alliance, Inc. 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, Ztec, Albuquerque, NM; CMI Technology Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea; International Test Technology, County Donegal, Ireland; and DiagnoSYS Ltd., Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Znyx, Fremont, CA has been dropped as a party to this venture.

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 PXI Systems Alliance, Inc. intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On November 22, 2000, PXI Systems Alliance, Inc. 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 March 8, 2001 (66 FR 13971).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.