03-17911. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-eManufacturing Security Framework (Formerly Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI))

Notice is hereby given that, on June 12, 2003, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), eManufacturing Security Framework (formerly Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)) 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, Asyst Connectivity Technologies Inc., Austin, TX 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 eManufacturing Security Framework (formerly Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)) intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 8, 2002, eManufacturing Security Framework (formerly Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)) 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, 2002 (67 FR 10762).

The last notification was filed with the Department on March 5, 2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on April 4, 2003 (68 FR 16552).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.