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

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title: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-American Society of Mechanical Engineers"
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section_name: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-American Society of Mechanical Engineers"
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publication_date: "2017-05-22"
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  - "Antitrust Division"
fr_citation: "82 FR 23297"
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#  Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Notice is hereby given that, on April 10, 2017, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 *et seq.* (“the Act”), the 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 November 11, 2016, ASME has published one new standard, established one new consensus committee, redesignated one consensus committee, initiated four new standards activities, withdrawn four standards activities, and discontinued one standard activity within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards development activities, as specified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.*

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 (69 FR 60895).

The last notification was filed with the Department on November 14, 2016. A notice was published in the *Federal Register* pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on January 11, 2017 (82 FR 3361).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.