Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Optical Switch Venture

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identifier: "/us/fr/03-30734"
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title: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Optical Switch Venture"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "03-30734"
section_name: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Optical Switch Venture"
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currency: "2003-12-12"
last_updated: "2003-12-12"
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agency: "Justice Department"
document_number: "03-30734"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2003-12-12"
agencies:
  - "Justice Department"
  - "Antitrust Division"
fr_citation: "68 FR 69423"
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#  Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Optical Switch Venture

Notice is hereby given that, on October 16, 2003, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 *et seq.* (“the Act”), Agiltron Incorporated has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act, the identities of the parties are Agiltron Incorporated, Wilmington, MA, and AC Photonics Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA. The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop and demonstrate a new type of optical switch based on an optical MEMS platform.

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.