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BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-588-804] Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof from Japan; Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Pursuant to Final Court Decision AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On November 15, 2001, in response to its action in *NSK Ltd. and NSK Corporation, Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A, NTN Bearing Corporation of America, NTN Corporation, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, NTN Driveshaft, Inc. and NTN-Bower Corporation, and Nippon Pillow Block Sales Co., Ltd. and FYH Bearing Units USA Inc. v.

United States and The Torrington Company* ( *NSK Ltd. v. United States* ), Consol. Court No. 97-02-00216, Slip. Op. 01-69 (CIT June 6, 2001), the Court of International Trade

(CIT)affirmed the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) remand determination affecting final assessment rates for the administrative review of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from Japan for the period of review May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995. The merchandise covered by these reviews is ball bearings and parts thereof (BBs), cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof (CRBs), and spherical plain bearings and parts thereof (SPBs). Because the appeals have been dismissed and there is now a final and conclusive court decision in this action, we are amending our final results of review and we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate entries subject to these reviews. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 14, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Holman or Richard Rimlinger, AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

(202)482-3683 or

(202)482-4477, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On January 15, 1997, the Department published *Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews* , 62 FR 2081 (January 15, 1997), as amended by *Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof from Japan and the United Kingdom: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews* , 62 FR 45795 (August 29, 1997) (collectively *AFBs 6* ), which covered the period of review

(POR)May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995. The classes or kinds of merchandise covered by these reviews are BBs, CRBs, and SPBs. NSK Ltd. and NSK Corporation (collectively NSK), Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A (collectively Koyo), NTN Bearing Corporation of America, NTN Corporation, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, NTN Driveshaft, Inc., and NTN-Bower Corporation (collectively NTN), Nippon Pillow Block Sales Co., Ltd., FYH Bearing Units USA Inc. (collectively NPB), and The Torrington Company (collectively Torrington) appealed the Department's decisions in *AFBs 6* . On June 6, 2001, the CIT issued its ruling in *NSK Ltd. v. United States* , Consol. Court No. 97-02-00216, Slip Op. 01-69 (CIT June 6, 2001), remanding to the Department the final results in *AFBs 6* as follows:

(1)To exclude any transactions that were not supported by consideration from NSK's U.S. sales database;

(2)to include the imputed inventory carrying costs in the calculation of the constructed export-price offset for NSK when matching constructed export-price sales to constructed value;

(3)to reconsider NSK's supplier relationship;

(4)to reconsider the Department's determination that a certain model of Koyo's was outside the ordinary course of trade;

(5)to reconsider its determination that a certain home-market ball bearing of Koyo's could be compared to U.S. sales because it is a foreign like product;

(6)to recalculate the dumping margins accordingly. This remand affected NSK and Koyo directly with respect to the antidumping duty orders on BBs and CRBs from Japan. On September 4, 2001, the Department filed its final results of redetermination with the CIT. See *Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand* in *Administrative Review of the Antidumping Orders on Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof from Japan* (September 4, 2001) (Remand Results). In its redetermination, the Department excluded any transactions that were not supported by consideration from NSK's U.S. sales databases and adjusted the dumping margins accordingly. The Department also calculated the inventory carrying costs for constructed value in the same manner as indirect selling expenses for constructed value, and it included the inventory carrying costs in the calculation of the constructed export-price offset. As a result of the Department's redetermination, NSK's weighted-average margins for the POR changed from 12.61 percent to 12.57 percent with respect to BBs and changed from 21.61 percent to 21.51 percent with respect to CRBs. The Department's redetermination did not result in any changes for Koyo's weighted-average margins or duty-assessment rates. On November 15, 2001, the CIT affirmed the Department's Remand Results in their entirety. See *NSK Ltd. v. United States* , Consol. Court No. 97-02-00216, Slip. Op. 01-133 (CIT November 15, 2001). NSK, NTN, and Torrington appealed the CIT's remand affirmation but later filed motions with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

(CAFC)to sever and dismiss their appeals voluntarily. On February 23, 2004, in response to motions of voluntary dismissal by NSK and Torrington in *NSK Ltd. v. United States* , appeal numbers 02-1172 and 02-1173, the CAFC granted the unopposed motions and dismissed the appeals. On July 19, 2004, in response to a motion of voluntary dismissal by NTN in *NSK Ltd. v. United States* , appeal number 02-1171, the CAFC granted the unopposed motion and dismissed the appeal. Because all appeals have been dismissed, there is now a final and conclusive court decision with respect to the companies affected by this litigation (Koyo, NSK, NTN, and NPB), pursuant to section 516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. We are amending our final results of review for these companies and we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection

(CBP)to liquidate the relevant entries subject to these reviews in accordance with our remand results. Assessment of Duties We are now amending the final results of the 1994-1995 administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on BBs and CRBs from Japan to reflect revised weighted-average margins for NSK. We determine that revised weighted-average margins of 12.57 percent exist for NSK on BBs and 21.51 percent for NSK on CRBs from Japan for the period May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995. There were no other changes to the final margins we calculated for other companies as a result of litigation. Accordingly, the Department will determine and CBP will assess appropriate antidumping duties on entries of the subject merchandise produced or exported by the reviewed companies. Individual differences between U.S. price and normal value may vary from the above percentages. The Department will issue assessment instructions to CBP within 15 days of publication of this notice. We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Dated: June 8, 2005. Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E5-3066 Filed 6-13-E5; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [ -485-806] Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Romania: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review. AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On December 7, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania. This review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise. The period of review

(POR)is November 1, 2002, through October 31, 2003. Based on our analysis of comments received, these final results differ from the preliminary results. The final results are listed below in the “Final Results of Review” section. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 14, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Layton or Paul Stolz, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

(202)482-0371 and

(202)482-4474, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On December 7, 2004, the Department published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania. *See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review* , 69 FR 70644 (December 7, 2004) ( *Preliminary Results* ). The review covers one manufacturer/exporter, S.C. Ispat Sidex S.A. (Sidex). Romania's designation as a non-market-economy

(NME)country remained in effect until January 1, 2003. 1 Since the first two months of the POR fell before Romania's graduation to market-economy status and the last ten months of this POR came after its graduation, in its antidumping questionnaire to Ispat Sidex, dated January 26, 2004, the Department determined that it would treat Romania as an NME country from November 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, and a market-economy

(ME)country from January 1, 2003, through October 31, 2003. Ispat Sidex stated in its February 23, 2004, response to the Department's ME Section A questionnaire that it made no sales of subject merchandise during the 10-month ME period. In a separate February 23, 2004, submission, Ispat Sidex provided documentation to support its claim that it had no sales subject merchandise during the ME portion of the POR. The Department corroborated this claim using U.S. Customs and Border Protection

(CBP)import data. See Decision Memorandum to Gary Taverman (March 9, 2004) available in the Department's Central Records Unit, room B099, of the main Commerce building (CRU). Therefore, in the section of this notice entitled “Final Results of Review”, we have calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for the NME portion of the POR because we found no sales of subject merchandise during the ME portion of the POR. This weighted-average figure represents the dumping margin for the entire POR. 1 In *Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Romania: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review* , 68 FR 12672, 12673 (March 17, 2003), the Department reviewed the non-market-economy status of Romania and determined to reclassify Romania as a market economy for purposes of antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, pursuant to section 771(18)(A) of Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, effective January 1, 2003. *See* Memorandum from Lawrence Norton, Import Policy Analyst, to Joseph Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration: Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Romania-Non-Market Economy Status Review (March 10, 2003). We invited parties to comment on our preliminary results of review. Sidex and a domestic interested party, United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), filed case briefs on January 6, 2005, and rebuttal briefs on January 18, 2005. On April 13, 2005, the Department published in the **Federal Register** a notice extending the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania until no later than May 6, 2005. *See Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania* , 70 FR 19417 (April 13, 2005). On May 17, 2005, the Department published in the **Federal Register** a second notice further extending the final results until no later than June 6, 2005. *See Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania* , 70 FR 28275 (May 17, 2005). Scope of the Order The products covered by the order are certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight length, of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate ( *i.e.* , flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness of not less than 4.0 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this order. Specifically included within the scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized steels (commonly referred to as interstitial-free

(IF)steels), high strength low alloy

(HSLA)steels, and the substrate for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and aluminum. Steel products to be included in the scope of this order, regardless of definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), are products in which:

(i)iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements;

(ii)the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and

(iii)none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 2.25 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium. All products that meet the physical and chemical description provided above are within the scope of the order unless otherwise excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or are specifically excluded from the scope: • Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., American Society for Testing and Materials

(ASTM)specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, A506). Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American Iron & Steel Institute

(AISI)grades of series 2300 and higher. • Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS. • Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS. • Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent. • ASTM specifications A710 and A736. • USS abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500). • All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507). • Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed the character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of the HTSUS. The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the HTSUS at the following subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products covered by this order, including: vacuum degassed fully stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive. Duty Absorption On January 23, 2004, U.S. Steel requested that the Department determine whether antidumping duties had been absorbed during the POR. Section 751(a)(4) of Tariff Act of 1930 as amended (the Act) provides that, if requested, the Department will determine during an administrative review initiated two or four years after the publication of the order whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by a foreign producer or exporter if the subject merchandise is sold in the United States through an affiliated importer. In this case, Ispat Sidex sold to the United States through an importer that is affiliated within the meaning of section 771(33) of the Act. Because this review was initiated two years after the publication of the antidumping duty order, we made a duty-absorption determination in this segment of the proceeding. Accordingly, on November 29, 2004, we issued a request to Sidex to provide information on whether it absorbed any antidumping duties on sales of subject merchandise during the POR. We received Sidex's response on December 7, 2004, and issued a preliminary determination on March 18, 2005, that no duty absorption had occurred during the POR. *See* Memorandum to Wendy Frankel from David Layton: Preliminary Determination Regarding Duty Absorption (March 18, 2005). We provided parties with an opportunity to comment, but received no comments. Therefore, for these final results, we determine that no antidumping duties were absorbed during the POR. Separate Rates Because we are conducting this review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.408, we are applying our NME methodology for Sidex in the first two months of this review (November-December 2002). Sidex has requested a separate, company-specific antidumping duty rate in this review. In the preliminary results, we found that Sidex had met the criteria for the application of separate antidumping duty rates. *See Preliminary Results* . We have not received any other information since the preliminary results which would warrant reconsideration of our separate rates determination with respect to this company. Therefore, we determine that Sidex should be assigned a rate separate from the NME entity for the NME portion of this administrative review period. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to this review are addressed in the “Issues and Decision Memorandum” (Decision Memorandum) from Barbara E. Tillman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, to Joseph E. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated June 6, 2005, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised and to which we have responded in the Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as an Appendix. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file in the CRU. In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Changes Since the Preliminary Results Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made the following changes for the final results: 1. For dolomite, metallurgical coke, ferromanganese, scale and slag, iron scrap, caustic soda, ferromanganese, aluminum, silicocalcium, silicomanganese, lime, steel slab, injected coal powder, ammonium sulfate, raw tar, pitch A, pitch B and creosote oil, we are using different surrogate values for the final results. *See* Decision Memorandum at Comment 2 and Memorandum to Wendy J. Frankel from David Layton: Factors of Production Valuation for Final Results (June 6, 2005) (Final Valuation Memorandum) at 3-4, 6-8 and Exhibits C and D. 2. We are now using the financial statements of PT Jaya Pari Steel in place of those from Ispat Annaba SPA to calculate a non-depreciation overhead ratio for our primary surrogate company, Alexandria Iron and Steel Co. *See* Decision Memorandum at Comment 7 and Final Valuation Memorandum at 8 and Exhibits I-1 through I-3 for the revised calculation of the financial ratios. 3. The Department corrected ministerial errors in the preliminary results calculations, where appropriate. *See* Decision Memorandum at Comment 6. *See also* Memorandum to the File from David Layton and Paul Stolz: Final Results of the Administrative Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania (A-485-806), Calculation Memorandum, Ispat Sidex S.A. (June 6, 2005) (Final Calculation Memorandum) at 2-3. All-Others Rate The Department is applying an all-others rate of 17.84 percent. We calculated this all-others rate in accordance with section 735(c)(5) of the Act using the weighted average of the estimated dumping margins established in the less-than-fair-value investigation for those exporters individually investigated. *See* Memorandum to the File from David Layton: Calculation of the All-Others Rate (June 6, 2005). Final Results of Review As a result of our review, we determine that the following weighted-average percentage margin exists for the period November 1, 2002, through October 31, 2003: Manufacturer/exporter Margin (percent) S.C. Sidex S.A. (including Sidex Trading, S.A.) 0.00 All Others Rate 17.84 Assessment Rates In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated importer (or customer)-specific assessment rates for the merchandise subject to this review. To determine whether the duty assessment rates were *de minimis* , in accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c), we calculated importer (or customer)-specific *ad valorem* rates by aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to that importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered value of the sales to that importer (or customer). Where an importer (or customer)-specific *ad valorem* rate was greater than *de minimis* , we will direct CBP to apply the *ad valorem* assessment rates against the entered value of each of the importer's (or customer's) entries during the review period. Where an importer (or customer)-specific *ad valorem* rate was *de minimis* , we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties. All other entries of the subject merchandise during the POR will be liquidated at the antidumping duty rate in place at the time of entry. The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of publication of these final results of review. Cash-Deposit Requirements The following deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these final results of administrative review, as provided by section 751(a) of the Act:

(1)for Sidex, the margin was zero, therefore no cash deposit will be required;

(2)for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a previous segment of this proceeding, the cash-deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the prior segment of the proceeding in which that manufacturer or exporter participated;

(3)if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or in any previous segment of this proceeding but the manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate will be that established for the manufacturer of the merchandise in these final results of review or in the most recent segment of the proceeding in which that manufacturer participated; and

(4)if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash deposit rate will be 17.84 percent. These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next administrative review. Notification This notice also serves as the final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and in the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order

(APO)of their responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO. This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: June 6, 2005. Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. Appendix - Decision Memorandum *Comment 1:* Appropriate Period for Surrogate Value Data *Comment 2:* Aberrational Surrogate Value Data *Comment 3:* Use of Market Economy Purchases From the Previous POR *Comment 4:* Natural Gas Surrogate Value *Comment 5:* Use of Romanian ME Barge Rates as NME Surrogates *Comment 6:* Ministerial Errors *Comment 7:* Financial Ratios *Comment 8:* Treatment of Non-dumped Sales [FR Doc. E5-3067 Filed 6-13-E5; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Notice of Jointly Owned Inventions Available for Licensing AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of jointly owned inventions available for licensing. SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The inventions are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on these inventions may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary Clague, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is also available via telephone:

(301)975-4188 , fax

(301)869-2751, or e-mail: *mary.clague@nist.gov.* Any request for information should include the NIST Docket number and title for the invention as indicated below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (“CRADA”) with the licensee to perform further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. The inventions available for licensing are: [NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 02-004US] *Title:* Bio-Affinity Porous Matrix in Microfluidic Channels. *Abstract:* This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Loyola College. Acrylamide-modified DNA probes are immobilized in polycarbonate microfluidic channels via photopolymerization in a polyacrylamide matrix. The resulting polymeric, hydrogel plugs are porous under electrophoretic conditions and hybridize with fluorescently-tagged complementary DNA. The double stranded DNA can be chemically denatured and the chip may be reused with a new analytical sample. Conditions for photopolymerization, hybridization, and denaturation are discussed. The photopolymerization of plugs containing different DNA probe sequences in one microfluidic channel, thereby enabling the selective detection of multiple DNA target in one electrophoretic pathway are demonstrated. [NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 05-003US] *Title:* Macro/Micro Crane. *Abstract:* This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Oceaneering International, Inc. The invention describes a crane concept to facilitate the transfer of containerized cargo between two ships at sea. The invention uses a macro/micro design under which a serial set of independently controlled manipulators move a load between a base ship and a target ship. The manipulator is a modified container crane mounted on a ship subject to the actions of sea and wind. The modification compensates for the large motions of the base ship. The micro-manipulator moves the load and compensates for the motions of the receiving ship and the unscheduled motions of the base ship remaining after the macro-manipulator compensation. Dated: June 7, 2005. Hratch G. Semerjian, Acting Director. [FR Doc. 05-11730 Filed 6-13-05; 8:45 am]

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