01-18796. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-HDP User Group International, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on May 24, 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”), HDP User Group International, 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, Flip Chip Technologies, Phoenix, AZ; Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc., San Jose, CA and Silicon Bandwidth, Inc., Fremont, CA have been added as parties to this venture. Also, CS2, Zaventem, Belgium and Motorola, Schaumberg, IL have been dropped as parties to the 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 HDP User Group International, Inc. intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On September 14, 1994, HDP User Group International, 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 23, 1995 (60 FR 15306).

The last notification was filed with the Department on February 20, 2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register on March 23, 2001 (66 FR 16294).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.