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86 FR 190 pgs. 55002-55003 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Type: NOTICEVolume: 86Number: 190Pages: 55002 - 55003
FR document: [FR Doc. 2021-21690 Filed 10-4-21; 8:45 am]
Agency: Justice Department
Sub Agency: Antitrust Division
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 55002, 55003

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-American Society of Mechanical Engineers


[top] Notice is hereby given that, on August 13, 2021, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 page 55003 et seq. ("the Act"), the American Society of American Society of Mechanical Engineers ("ASME") has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards development activities. 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, since September 6, 2019, ASME has published eight new standards, added two consensus committee charter, revised three consensus committee charter, initiated seventeen new standards activities, and withdrawn four proposed standards from consideration within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards development activities, as specified in its original notification. More detail regarding these changes can be found at www.asme.org. More detail regarding these changes can be found at www.asme.org.

On September 15, 2004, ASME 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 October 13, 2004 (84 FR 60895).

The last notification with the Attorney General was filed on September 06, 2019. A notice was filed in the Federal Register on November 12, 2019. (84 FR 61071).

Suzanne Morris,

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2021-21690 Filed 10-4-21; 8:45 am]

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