60532 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 1997 / Notices

of the National Cooperative Research

and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the OBI

Consortium Inc., (‘‘Consortium’’) 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

of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to

actual damages under specified

circumstances. Pursuant to § 6(b) of the

Act, the identities of the parties are:

American Express, New York City, NY;

Actra Business Systems, Sunnyvale, CA;

Intelisys Electronic Commerce, LLC,

New York City, NY; Oracle Corporation,

Redwood Shores, CA; BASF

Corporation, Mount Olive, NJ; BOC

Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ; Corporate

Express, Inc., Broomfield, CO; Stream

International Holdings, Inc., Norwood,

MA; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,

MI; W.W. Grainger, Inc., Lincolnshire,

IL; F. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd., Nutley,

NJ; Office Depot, Inc., Delray, FL; Texas

Instruments, Dallas, TX; United

Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT;

VWR Scientific Products Corporation,

W. Chester, PA; Boise Cascade Office

Products Corporation, Itasca, IL;

Eastman Chemical Co., Longview, TX.

The venture was formed as a

Delaware non-stock member

corporation. The primary objective of

the venture is to create and promote a

standard to facilitate purchasing via the

Internet and to cause the broad adoption

of that specification by technology

vendors, suppliers and customers, in

order to facilitate efficient, economic

business to business purchasing via the

Internet.

Membership in the Consortium will

remain open and the Consortium will

file additional written notifications

disclosing all changes in membership.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Petroleum Environmental

Research Forum Project No. 95–10

Notice is hereby given that, on

October 2, 1997, 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

participants in the Petroleum

Environmental Research Forum

(‘‘PERF’’) Project No. 95–10, titled

‘‘Advanced NDE for Heat Exchange

Tubular Inspection,’’ have 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, the following additional

parties have become members of the

Project: Shell Oil Company, Houston,

TX; and Amoco Corporation, Houston,

TX.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activities of PERF Project No. 95–10.

On November 1, 1996, PERF Project

No. 95–10 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 December 4,

1996, (61 FR 64371).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; the Salutation

Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on July

30, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the Salutation

Consortium, Inc. (Consortium) has filed

written notifications for the purpose of

extending the Act’s provisions limiting

the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to

actual damages under specified

circumstances.

Specifically, the following have

become members to the venture:

WhetStone Technologies, Park City, UT;

and Komatsu, Ltd., Kenagwa, Japan. The

following entities are no longer

members of the Consortium:

ActiveVoice Corp., Wind River Systems,

and Hermes Messaging Service. In

addition, certain of the Consortium’s

previous notifications were amended as

follows: The filing dated March 30, 1995

was amended by adding Zerox

Corporation, Stamford, CT as a member.

The filing dated October 18, 1995, was

amended by adding Hermes Messaging

Service, Migdal-Haemek Israel. The

filing dated January 17, 1996, was

amended by adding Axis

Communications AB, Lund Switzerland

and NICSA, Yomanashi-Ken, Japan. The

filing dated April 8, 1997, was amended

by adding Senior Technical Staff

Consulting, Highland, UT as a member.

On March 30, 1995, Salutation

Consortium filed its original notification

under the Act under the name ‘‘Smart

Office Industry Consortium’’. Pursuant

to a change in structure from an

unincorporated entity to a Delaware

non-stock membership corporation, the

joint venture changed its name to

Salutation Consortium, Inc. on June 29,

1995.

No other changes have been made in

the membership or the planned activity

of the Consortium. Membership remains

open and the Consortium intends to file

additional written notifications

disclosing all changes in membership.

On March 30, 1995, the Consortium

filed its original notification pursuant to

§ 6(a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to § 6(b) of the Act on

June 27, 1995 (60 FR 33233). The last

notification was filed on April 9, 1997.

The Department of Justice published a

notice in the Federal Register on May

19, 1997 (62 FR 27279).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Silicon Integration

Initiative, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

September 5, 1997, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc.

(‘‘SI2’’) (formerly known as CAD

Framework Initiative, Inc. (‘‘CFI’’)) has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing certain 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, Avant!, Sunnyvale, CA;

and Chronology, Inc., Redmond, WA,