Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Sematech, Inc. D/B/A International Sematech, 70758-70759 [2011-29079]

Download as PDF 70758 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 15, 2011 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [OMB Number 1140–0031] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Records of Acquisition and Disposition; Registered Importers of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War on the U.S. Munitions Imports List 60-Day notice of information collection. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until January 17, 2012. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact William Majors, William.Majors@atf.gov, Firearms and Explosives Import Branch, 244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, West Virginia 25405. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: —Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; —Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; —Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and —Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:06 Nov 14, 2011 Jkt 226001 permitting electronic submission of responses. Summary of Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Records of Acquisition and Disposition, Registered Importers of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War on the U.S. Munitions Imports List. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: None. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. Other: None. Need for Collection The records are of imported items that are on the United States Munitions Import List. The importers must register with ATF and must file an intent to import specific items as well as certify to the Bureau that the items were in fact received. The records are maintained at the registrant’s business premises where they are available for inspection by ATF officers during compliance inspections or criminal investigations. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated that 50 respondents will take 5 hours to maintain the records. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are an estimated 250 annual total burden hours associated with this collection. If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, Room 2E–508, 145 Street NE., Washington, DC 20530. Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2011–29376 Filed 11–14–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P PO 00000 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Connected Media Experience, Inc. Notice is hereby given that, on October 3, 2011, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Connected Media Experience, Inc. (‘‘CMX’’) has 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, Marcos Caceres (Individual Member), Oslo, Norway; and Ryan Provost (Individual Member), Suffern, NY, have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Gracenote, Emeryville, CA; and Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea, have withdrawn as parties to this venture. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and CMX intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On March 12, 2010, CMX 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 April 16, 2010 (75 FR 20003). The last notification was filed with the Department on July 15, 2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 19, 2011 (76 FR 52013). Patricia A. Brink, Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 2011–29080 Filed 11–14–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Sematech, Inc. D/B/A International Sematech Notice is hereby given that, on August 4, 2011, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15NON1.SGM 15NON1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 15, 2011 / Notices et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Sematech, Inc. (which is doing business as International SEMATECH) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership and its nature and objectives. 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, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan; United Microelectronics Corporation, Inc., Hsin Chu City, Taiwan; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-City, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea; College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University of Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; Fuller Road Management Corporation, Inc. of the University of Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; Tokyo Electron Limited, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN; Canon Anelva Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan; Asahi Glass Corporation, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan; FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR; SUSS MicroTec AG, Thiendorf, Germany; ASML Holding N.V., Veldhoven, The Netherlands; KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA; Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA; Nanosys Inc., Palo Alto, CA; 4DS Inc., Fremont, CA; Intel, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; TSMC, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Geonggi-Do, Republic of Korea; Tokyo Electron Limited, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Rudolph Technologies Inc., Flanders, NJ; ON Semiconductor, Phoenix, AZ; NEXX Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA; Atotech Deutchland GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA; Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA; Analog Devices Inc., Norwood, MA; LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA; Lasertec Corporation, Yokohama, Japan; ASE Group, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Fujifilm Electronic Materials, Shizuoka, Japan; Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; JSR Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA; AZ Electronic Materials, Somerville, NJ; Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., LTD, Niigata, Japan; Rohm and Hass Company, Marlborough, MA; Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX; Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID; National Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Renesas Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Toshiba Corporation, Yokohama, Japan; Panasonic Semiconductor Discrete Devices Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan; Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Edwards Limited, VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:06 Nov 14, 2011 Jkt 226001 Tewksbury, MA; Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX; Matheson Tr-Gas Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX; Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX; Infineon Technologies AG, Dresden, Germany; Qimonda AG, Dresden, Germany; and Advanced Technology Development Facility, Inc., Austin, TX, have withdrawn as parties to this venture. Additionally, International SEMATECH has begun to recruit and admit program members that only join certain discrete projects and thus only have access to information and intellectual property created under the discrete projects that these lower-tiered members join. Hence, International SEMATECH has four new classes of membership in addition to its traditional core membership: (1) Program—includes integrated circuit manufacturers, semiconductor design companies, and assembly and packaging companies that choose to pay for and receive information and other intellectual property developed in any of Sematech’s technical divisions; (2) Associate—includes companies that design, test, make, market, or support materials, equipment, processes, software, systems, or facilities for manufacturing semiconductors and that pay for and receive access to information and other intellectual property that arise under discrete Sematech-led projects; (3) Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Mask Infrastructure (‘‘EMI’’)—includes among its members integrated circuit manufacturers and semiconductor mask makers; and (4) 3D Enablement Center— created to finance and conduct research related to three dimensional (3D) interconnect technologies, which the chip manufacturing and design industries perceive to be a means available to extend Moore’s law without the enormous expense associated with development of new lithographic technologies. International SEMATECH created a new subsidiary called International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative, Inc. (‘‘ISMI’’), which is also a Delaware 501(c)(6) membership corporation organized to finance and conduct research and development related to solving semiconductor manufacturing problems. ISMI’s emphasis is on solving today’s semiconductor manufacturing challenges such as enhancing semiconductor manufacturing equipment productivity, contributing to increased automation in the operation of semiconductor fabrication facilities (‘‘fabs’’) and reducing fabs’ electricity PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70759 and water consumption. Sematech created the 450 LLC to finance and conduct research and development necessary to catalyze the introduction into the marketplace of semiconductor manufacturing equipment capable of handling silicon wafers with a diameter of 450mm. The purpose of the 450 LLC is to aggregate funds from integrated circuit manufacturers to finance and participate in this endeavor. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and International SEMATECH intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On April 22, 1988, International SEMATECH 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 May 19, 1988 (53 FR 17987). The last notification was filed with the Department on June 16, 2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 4, 2003 (68 FR 45855). Patricia A. Brink, Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 2011–29079 Filed 11–14–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Cooperative Research Group on Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety Notice is hereby given that, on October 6, 2011, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Southwest Research Institute— Cooperative Research Group on Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety (‘‘EssEs’’) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) The identities of the parties to the venture 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 to the E:\FR\FM\15NON1.SGM 15NON1

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Sematech, Inc. D/B/A International Sematech

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 4, 2011, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301

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et seq. (``the Act''), Sematech, Inc. (which is doing business as 
International SEMATECH) has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership and its nature and objectives. 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, Taiwan 
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan; United 
Microelectronics Corporation, Inc., Hsin Chu City, Taiwan; Samsung 
Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-City, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea; 
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University of 
Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; Fuller Road 
Management Corporation, Inc. of the University of Albany, State 
University of New York, Albany, NY; Tokyo Electron Limited, Minato-ku, 
Tokyo, JAPAN; Canon Anelva Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan; Asahi Glass 
Corporation, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan; FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR; SUSS 
MicroTec AG, Thiendorf, Germany; ASML Holding N.V., Veldhoven, The 
Netherlands; KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA; Qualcomm 
Incorporated, San Diego, CA; Nanosys Inc., Palo Alto, CA; 4DS Inc., 
Fremont, CA; Intel, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; TSMC, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Hynix 
Semiconductor Inc., Geonggi-Do, Republic of Korea; Tokyo Electron 
Limited, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Rudolph Technologies Inc., Flanders, 
NJ; ON Semiconductor, Phoenix, AZ; NEXX Systems Inc., San Francisco, 
CA; Atotech Deutchland GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Altera Corporation, San 
Jose, CA; Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA; Analog Devices Inc., 
Norwood, MA; LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA; Lasertec Corporation, 
Yokohama, Japan; ASE Group, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Fujifilm Electronic 
Materials, Shizuoka, Japan; Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd., Tokyo, 
Japan; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; JSR 
Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA; AZ Electronic Materials, Somerville, NJ; 
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., LTD, Niigata, Japan; Rohm and Hass Company, 
Marlborough, MA; Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX; Micron 
Technology, Inc., Boise, ID; National Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, 
CA; Renesas Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Toshiba Corporation, 
Yokohama, Japan; Panasonic Semiconductor Discrete Devices Co., Ltd., 
Kyoto, Japan; Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Edwards Limited, 
Tewksbury, MA; Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX; Matheson Tr-Gas Inc., 
Basking Ridge, NJ, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX; Freescale Semiconductor, 
Inc., Austin, TX; Infineon Technologies AG, Dresden, Germany; Qimonda 
AG, Dresden, Germany; and Advanced Technology Development Facility, 
Inc., Austin, TX, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    Additionally, International SEMATECH has begun to recruit and admit 
program members that only join certain discrete projects and thus only 
have access to information and intellectual property created under the 
discrete projects that these lower-tiered members join. Hence, 
International SEMATECH has four new classes of membership in addition 
to its traditional core membership: (1) Program--includes integrated 
circuit manufacturers, semiconductor design companies, and assembly and 
packaging companies that choose to pay for and receive information and 
other intellectual property developed in any of Sematech's technical 
divisions; (2) Associate--includes companies that design, test, make, 
market, or support materials, equipment, processes, software, systems, 
or facilities for manufacturing semiconductors and that pay for and 
receive access to information and other intellectual property that 
arise under discrete Sematech-led projects; (3) Extreme Ultraviolet 
Lithography Mask Infrastructure (``EMI'')--includes among its members 
integrated circuit manufacturers and semiconductor mask makers; and (4) 
3D Enablement Center--created to finance and conduct research related 
to three dimensional (3D) interconnect technologies, which the chip 
manufacturing and design industries perceive to be a means available to 
extend Moore's law without the enormous expense associated with 
development of new lithographic technologies.
    International SEMATECH created a new subsidiary called 
International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative, Inc. (``ISMI''), which 
is also a Delaware 501(c)(6) membership corporation organized to 
finance and conduct research and development related to solving 
semiconductor manufacturing problems. ISMI's emphasis is on solving 
today's semiconductor manufacturing challenges such as enhancing 
semiconductor manufacturing equipment productivity, contributing to 
increased automation in the operation of semiconductor fabrication 
facilities (``fabs'') and reducing fabs' electricity and water 
consumption. Sematech created the 450 LLC to finance and conduct 
research and development necessary to catalyze the introduction into 
the marketplace of semiconductor manufacturing equipment capable of 
handling silicon wafers with a diameter of 450mm. The purpose of the 
450 LLC is to aggregate funds from integrated circuit manufacturers to 
finance and participate in this endeavor.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and International SEMATECH intends to 
file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On April 22, 1988, International SEMATECH 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 May 19, 1988 (53 FR 17987).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 16, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 4, 2003 (68 FR 45855).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-29079 Filed 11-14-11; 8:45 am]
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