[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23978-23979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11169]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined 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: 03-017. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego,

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Moores UCSD Cancer Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0658, La Jolla, CA 
92093-0658. Instrument: Laser Capture Microdissection System. 
Manufacturer: Molecular Machines & Industries AG, Switzerland. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used for precise sampling of 
cancer cells intimately mixed with other tissue elements such as 
fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, etc. for precise analysis of gene 
expression patterns in cancer cells relative to their non-neoplastic 
counterparts. Additionally, the instrument will be used to conduct 
highly selective sampling of endothelial cells, fibroblasts, epithelial 
cells and lymphocytes in the vicinity of proliferating tumor cells to 
investigate the molecular communications between different neoplastic 
and non-neoplastic cell lineages in the tumor. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 3, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-018. Applicant: University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 102 Mason Farm 
Road, Room 11-119, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 12 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to 
be used to examine DNA, DNA with proteins bound to it, virus particles 
and sub-cellular particles. Sample examination will consist of 
determining the location of protein molecules along the DNA, whether 
the DNA molecule is folded or compacted when the proteins are bound, 
and whether the DNA has any unique shape. Virus properties to be 
examined will include their shape, size, presence of protruding spikes 
or appendages, and whether they have loose membranes surrounding them. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 9, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-019. Applicant: University of California-
Berkeley, School of Optometry, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020. 
Instrument: Fiber Optical Coherence Tomography Apparatus. Manufacturer: 
Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia. Intended Use: The instrument 
is intended to be used in the following areas of research:
    (1) Viral mediated gene therapy for retinal diseases.
    (2) Significance of corneal cell invasion by bacteria.
    (3) Homeostatic abilities of the retinal pigment epithelium.
    (4) Is retinal processing the key to emmetropization?
    (5) Functional dissection of signaling pathways in the lens.
    (6) Cataractogensis, connexin mutants and gentice modifier(s). 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 9, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-020. Applicant: Wayne State University, Chemistry 
Department, Central Instrumental Facility, 123 Chemistry Building, 
Detroit, MI 48202. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010 
FasTEM. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to probe agglomeration of particles and the nature 
of ligand coat. A variety of synthetic pathways will be undertaken to 
best optimize the formation of these materials. Selected area electron 
diffraction will augment these studies to identify the crystalline 
phase, and energy dispersive X-ray analysis will be used to gain 
information about the elements that are present in the nanocrystal 
samples. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 16, 
2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-11169 Filed 5-5-03; 8:45 am]
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