[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 34908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14779]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, San Diego; 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: 03-017.
    Applicant: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-
0658.
    Instrument: Laser Capture Microdissection System.
    Manufacturer: Molecular Machines & Industries AG, Switzerland.
    Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 23978, May 6, 2003.
    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: (1) Minimal damage to 
cellular structures during laser microdissection of small tissue 
samples and (2) superior optics due to the optical geometry of the 
operating arrangement. The National Institutes of Health advises in its 
memorandum of April 28, 2003 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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-14779 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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