The Research Foundation of the State University of New York; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

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#  The Research Foundation of the State University of New York; 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:* 03-030.

*Applicant:* The Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260.

*Instrument:* Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope, Model Alpha *SNOM* .

*Manufacturer:* Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH, Germany.

*Intended Use: See* notice at 68 FR 42007, July 16, 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) Easy switching between 3 types of microscopy (scanning near-field optical, confocal and atomic force) without moving the sample, (2) 50 nm resolution and (3) optimal flexibility for operation in a multi-user environment. The National Institutes of Health advised in its memorandum of July 21, 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.