[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29793]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The Pennsylvania State University; 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 A.M. and 5 P.M. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC.
    Docket Number: 02-043. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State 
University, University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Colony Picking/
Arraying Robot, Model Q PixII. Manufacturer: Genetix Limited, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 64097, October 17, 2002.
    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 robotic system for both picking and spotting as well as 
arraying specific cell colonies with a rapid picking rate of 3500 
colonies per hour and the very high throughput required for large scale 
gene sequencing projects. The National Institutes of Health advises in 
its memorandum of October 7, 2002 that (1) this capability is 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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-29793 Filed 11-21-02; 8:45 am]
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