01-18902. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on June 18, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (“NCMS”) 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, Concentus Technology Corporation, Dublin, OH; Focused Research, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; and WebEnable, Inc., Harver, MA were added as active members. The National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, MD was added as an affiliate member. GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Flint, MI changed its name to Kettering University, Flint, MI.

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 NCMS intends to file additional written notification dislosing all changes in membership.

On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).

The last notification was filed with the Department on August 9, 1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on December 14, 1999 (64 FR 69800).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.