[Federal Register: March 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 57)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Underwriters Laboratories 
Inc. (``UL'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and principal place of business of the standards development 
organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development 
activities. 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 section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Underwriters 
Laboratories Inc., Northbrook, IL. The nature and scope of UL's 
standards development activities are: development of UL Standards of 
Safety, which incorporate safety requirements for evaluating equipment, 
materials, components, products, systems, or services and address 
safety issues related to fire, electric shock, personal injury, and, in 
certain cases, environmental and public health. UL is accredited by the 
American National Standards Institute to develop National Standards.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-5889 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]

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