# Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Notice is hereby given that, on May 1, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 *et seq.* (“the Act”), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”) 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, IEEE has initiated 12 new standards and is revising 6 existing standards. More detail regarding these PARS can be found at *http://standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/03-19-09.html.*
On September 17, 2004, IEEE 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 November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105).
The last notification was filed with the Department on February 9, 2009. A notice was published in the *Federal Register* pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on March 10, 2009 (74 FR 10298).
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.