[Federal Register: October 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 194)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Seagate Technology, Inc., Advanced Research 
Corporation, Imation Corp., and Peregrine Recording Technology, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 7, 1999, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Seagate Technology, Inc., 
Advanced Research Corporation, Imation Corp., and Peregrine Recording 
Technology, Inc., have 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 section 6(b) 
of the Act, the identities of the parties are Seagate Technology, Inc., 
Santa Maria, CA; Advanced Research Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; 
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN; and Peregrine Recording Technology, Inc., 
St. Paul, MN. The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop 
technologies for a small, reliable, low cost, high-bandwidth, high-
capacity, fast access tape recorder and cartridge media.
    The planned joint activity was begun under a joint research and 
development venture entered into on September 15, 1995 between 
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M), Seagate Tape 
Technology, Inc., and Advanced Research Corporation (60 FR 62260).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26182 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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