[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4917]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Institutes of Health; Notice of Decision on Application 
for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed 
between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 99-028. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
Bethesda, MD 20892-4094. Instrument: Robot and Microplate Filler with 
accessories, Models Q-BOT and Q-Fill. Manufacturer: GENETIX, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 70213, December 16, 1999.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a unique multi-
tasking robot for selecting recombinant DNA inserts from neural tissue 
with: (1) a pneumatic picking head for sampling 3500 colonies per hour, 
(2) replication of plates (96 or 384 wells) to distribute clones to 
others, (3) ability to create high density arrays of bacteria on nylon 
filters and (4) a re-arraying package. A university-based genomic 
research project advised February 8, 2000 that (1) these capabilities 
are pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows of 
no domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value to 
the foreign instrument for the applicant's intended use.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-4917 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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