96-21904. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation (``BRDC'')

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 44347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21904]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Biotechnology Research and Development 
Corporation (``BRDC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 12, 1995, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. et seq. (``the Act''), Biotechnology Research and Development 
Corporation (``BRDC'') filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in the membership and project 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, that Amoco Technology Company, Naperville, 
IL has withdrawn from participation and The Dow Chemical Company plans 
to withdraw from BRDC, effective April 1, 1996. In addition to 
undertaking original research, BRDC may also acquire interests in 
existing inventions which require further research and development 
before they can be commercialized.
    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 BRDC intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 12, 1988, BRDC 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 May 12, 
1988, 53 FR 16919. The last notification was filed September 17, 1993. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register on December 2, 1993, 58 
FR 63586.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-21904 Filed 8-27-96; 8:45 am]
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