05-19007. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Controlnet International, Ltd

Notice is hereby given that, on September 1, 2005, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), ControlNet International, Ltd. (“ControlNet”) 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, McNaughton-McKay Electric Company, Madison Heights, MI; IDC Corporation, Dimondale, MI; and Kawasaki Robotics (USA), Inc., Wixom, MI have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 ControlNet intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On February 3, 2005, ControlNet 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 1, 2005 (70 FR 9979).

The last notification was filed with the Department on May 18, 2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 13, 2005 (70 FR 34150).

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.