2017-17151. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-3D PDF Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on July 13, 2017, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), 3D PDF Consortium, Inc. (“3D PDF”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Advanced Technology International, Summerville, SC; and Elysium Co. Ltd., Shizuoka, JAPAN, have been added as parties 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 3D PDF intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On March 27, 2012, 3D PDF 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 April 20, 2012 (77 FR 23754).

The last notification was filed with the Department on October 25, 2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 29, 2016 (81 FR 86013).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.