[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 86 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10817]
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[Federal Register: May 5, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Hart Communication Foundation
Notice is hereby given that, on March 17, 1994, pursuant to section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Hart Communication Foundation
(``HCF'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the
identities of the parties 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 are Delta Controls Limited,
West Molesey, Surrey, ENGLAND; Drexelbrook Engineering Company,
Horsham, PA; Endress & Hauser GmbH, Maulburg, GERMANY; Fairchild
Industrial Products, Winston-Salem, NC; Fischer & Porter Company,
Warminster, PA; Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., Burnsville, MN;
Flowdata, Inc., Richardson, TX; Honeywell Loveland Controls Company,
Loveland, CO; Kay-Ray/Sensall, Inc., Mt. Prospect, IL; KDG Mobrey Ltd.,
Slough, Berks, ENGLAND; Leeds & Northrup, North Wales, PA; Measurement
Technology Limited, Luton, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND; Micro Motion, Inc.,
Boulder, CO; Moore Industries-International, Inc., Sepulveda, CA; Moore
Products Co., Spring House, PA; Oyster Terminal Ltd., Gwent, Great
Britain; Prime Technology, Inc., North Branford, CT; Princo
Instruments, Inc., Southhampton, PA; Rosemount Analytical Inc., Eden
Prairie, MN; Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN; Smar International
Corporation, Houston, TX; SOR, Inc., Lenexa, KS; UTSI International
Corp., Friendswood, TX; Viatran Corporation, Grand Island, NY; Westlock
Controls Corporation, Saddle Brook, NJ; Whessoe Varec, Inc., Cypress,
CA.
A Minnestoa not-for-profit corporation, HCF has been established
through which cooperative research and development work will be
conducted. Membership in HCF will be open to any individual or entity
that supports the objectives of the organization, subscribes to its
bylaws and pays the dues for such membership.
The objective of the HCF is to develop an open and interoperable
standard protocol for a digitally enhanced analog communications
technology to be used by instruments and control systems for process
control and other industrial applications. A successful open and
interoperable standard protocol will permit field devices of different
manufacturers to be used within a system, thereby reducing both the
initial and operating costs and improving performance of such a system.
Such a protocol will also increase the range of options for builders of
industrial equipment systems. The development and use of this
technology will provide compatability with analog instruments currently
installed in these systems and will provide new capability for those
installations. Use of this technology will allow a transition to the
fully digital technology to be implemented when it is available in the
future.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-10817 Filed 5-4-94; 8:45 am]
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