00-10595. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; Salutation Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on December 6, 1999, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Salutation Consortium, 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, MicroBurst, Inc., Rockville, MD; TRG Products, Inc., Des Moines, IA; Dr. Tomohiro Takagi, Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken, Japan; Infrared Data Association, Walnut Creek, CA; Stephen P. Reiss, Providence, RI; and Dr. Tamal Bose, Denver, CO have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Advanced Peripherals Technologies, Inc., Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan 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 Salutation Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On March 30, 1995, Salutation Consortium, 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 June 27, 1995 (60 FR 33233).

The last notification was filed with the Department on August 12, 1999. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.