Notice2025-21740
University of Washington et al.: Notice of Decision on Applicationfor Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 229 (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55302-55304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21740]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
University of Washington et al.: Notice of Decision on
Applicationfor Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). On
June 16, 2025, September 16, 2025 and October 3, 2025, the Department
of Commerce published a notice in the Federal Register requesting
public comment on whether instruments of equivalent scientific value,
for the purposes for which the instruments identified in the docket(s)
below are intended to be used, are being manufactured in the United
States. See Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific
Instruments 90 FR 25222, June 16, 2025; Application(s) for Duty-Free
Entry of Scientific Instruments 90 FR 44632, September 16, 2025; and
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments 90 FR
48024, October 3, 2025. We received no public comments.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no
instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument
described below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order.
Docket Number: 25-011. Applicant: University of Washington, 4300
Roosevelt Way NE, Roosevelt Commons West, Seattle, WA 98105-4718.
Instrument: Femtosecond lasers with ultrahigh power. Manufacturer:
Ultronphotonics Co. Ltd, China. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to study two-dimensional materials, which are atomically thin
structures with unique quantum properties. It will also be used to
investigate semiconductors to better understand how they process
information and energy.
Docket Number: 25-012. Applicant: Harvard University, 60 Oxford
Street, Room M01, Cambridge, MA 02138. Instrument: Narrow Linewidth
Laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser Technology Co. Ltd., China
Intended Use: The instrument will be used in the construction and
exploration of novel architectures for quantum information processing
via a dual-species (rubidium and ytterbium), continuously reloaded atom
array.
Docket Number: 25-015. Applicant: California Institute of
Technology, 1200 E California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125. Instrument:
Narrow Linewidth Laser System. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser
Technology Co. Ltd., China. Intended Use: The instrument will be used
to conduct quantum science experiments with cesium-133 atoms to
demonstrate deep quantum circuits and error-corrected quantum
simulation.
Docket Number: 25-023. Applicant: University of California,
Riverside, 3401 Watkins Drive, Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument: Basic
3D-microfabrication system with Piezo 100 microns--MicroFAB-3D.
Manufacturer: MICROLIGHT3D SAS, France. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used to study microfluidic devices such as microneedles,
microvalves, implantable optofluidic devices.
Docket Number: 25-028. Applicant: Utah State University, 4415 Old
Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322. Instrument: Energy Dispersive
spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) system.
Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments America, Inc., United Kingdom.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to identify the chemical
composition and atomic arrangments of materials such as biological
cells and tissues, 3D printed metals, geological samples, metal-organic
frameworks, components in medical devices, and semiconductors and
optical devices.
Docket Number: 25-036. Applicant: Purdue University, 2550
Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906. Instrument:
Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) Manufacturer:
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Jeol USA Inc, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be
used to study the chemical composition of geologic and synthetic
materials.
Docket Number: 25-037. Applicant: University of Illinois Chicago,
845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607. Instrument: JEM-
Z200MF: Monochromated-MARS NEOARM and EM-Z072152MONO: Field Emission
Gun W/Monochromator. Manufacturer: Jeol Ltd. Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study magnetic, superconducting,
quantum, biological and 2-D materials, where the presence of a magnetic
field otherwise affects their structural, optical, electronic or
transport properties.
Docket Number: 25-038. Applicant: Northwestern University, 633
Clark Street, Evanston, Illinois 60208. Instrument: X-Ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy (XPS) Lab System Package. Manufacturer: Scienta Omicron,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study
chemical functionalization of borophene.
Docket Number: 25-040. Applicant: Stevens Institute of Technology,
Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030. Instrument: EasySpec
SHG Second Harmonic Generation Microspectroscopy Testing System.
Manufacturer: Metatest Corporation, China. Intended Use: The instrument
is intended to be used to study crystal lattice direction in 2D
materials.
Docket Number: 25-041. Applicant: Hampton University, 100 E Queen
Street, Hampton, Virginia 23668. Instrument: JEM-2100PLUS--Transmission
Electron Microscope and JB-29510VET Vacuum Evaporator. Manufacturer:
JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used
to advance understanding and development of semiconductors,
nanostructured, opto-electronic and biomaterials.
Docket Number: 25-042. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin,
2515 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712. Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator
with Superconducting Magnets and Cold-Insertable Probes. Manufacturer:
Leiden Cryogenics B.V., Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used to study topological quantum physics in two-
dimensional semiconductors such as graphene and transition-metal
dichalcogenides.
Docket Number: 25-043. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin,
2515 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712. Instrument: Low-temperature
nanopositioners, scanners and controllers for high-vacuum environment.
Manufacturer: Attocube Systems AG, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study topological quantum physics
and strongly correlated electron physics in two-dimensional
semiconductors such as graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides.
Docket Number: 25-044. Applicant: Cornell University, 142 Sciences
Drive, Ithaca, New York 14853. Instrument: Optical Elements.
Manufacturer: FOCtek Photonics Inc., China. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study the efficiency of quantum
algorithms using trapped ion systems and utilizing trapped ion systems
as precision probes for search of new physics.
Docket Number: 25-045. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, 9700 S Cass
Avenue, Lemon, Illinois 60439. Instrument: CITIUS 280k Camera System.
Manufacturer: KAI Scientific Limited, Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study advanced materials and
nanostructures, biological and soft matter systems and dynamic
phenomena that are typical of modern Advanced Photon Source (APS)
experiments.
Docket Number: 25-047. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, 9700 S Cass
Avenue, Lemon, Illinois 60439. Instrument: NAP-XPS System in
Backfilling Configuration. Manufacturer: Specs TII Inc., Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to further the
understanding of different materials and material properties (chemical
state, defects and electronic structures) and their changes under
different environments.
Docket Number: 25-048. Applicant: Bartelle Memorial Institute 902
Battelle Blvd., Richland, Washington 99354. Instrument: Betatron
System--cyclic particle accelerator for electrons. Manufacturer: JME
Advanced Inspection Systems, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to for both imaging and radiation
effects testing in a variety of materials ranging from standard
construction like materials (concrete and metals) to electronics. The
instrument will also be used to test radiological detection instruments
and commercial items (Cameras, robots) to determine how well they will
work for radiological uses.
Docket Number: 25-049. Applicant: Stanford University, 348 Via
Pueblo Rd., Stanford, California 94305. Instrument: Polarization
maintaining, large mode-area hollow-core photonic crystal fiber.
Manufacturer: NKT Photonics, Denmark. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to conduct experiments involving multimode optical cavities
coupled to degenerate quantum gases of Dysprosium and will be used to
study various classes of many-body Hamiltonians by exploiting
Dysprosium's large magnetic dipole moment, stable and abundant
fermionic and bosonic isotopes, large tensor polarizability, and the
degenerate cavity's unique photon-mediated interactions.
Docket Number: 25-050. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument:
Cryogen-Free Dilution Refrigerator (base temperature below 10mK,
cooling power at 20mK of more than 20 [micro]W, cooling power at 100mK
of more than 400 [micro]W, and cool down to base temperature in less
than 30 hours unloaded). Manufacturer: Bluefors Inc., Finland. Intended
Use: The instrument is intended to be used to perform research in
superconducting quantum computing.
Docket Number: 25-051. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, 9700 S Cass
Avenume, Lemont, Illinois 60439. Instrument: Fully Motorized Transfer
System, HQ2D MOT. Manufacturer: HQ Graphene Systems B.V., Netherlands.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to efficiently perform dry or
semi-dry transfer processes of high-quality two-dimensional (2D)
materials.
Docket Number: 25-052. Applicant: California State University Long
Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840. Instrument:
Dilution Refrigerator Insert (with cryogenic microwave filtering).
Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments, U.K. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to study quantum materials with properties that are useful for
future technologies in quantum information science and photovoltaics.
Docket Number: 25-053. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1150 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Dilution
Refrigerator System with Bottom--Loading Mechanism, Vibration
Isolation, Optical Access and Vector Magnet (base temperature below 10
mK, cooling power greater than 250 [mu]W at 100 mK and more than 12
[mu]W at 20 mK). Manufacturer: Bluefors Inc., Finland. Intended Use:
The instrument is intended to investigate 2D superconductivity and 2D
magnetism as emergent quantum phenomena in 2D quantum materials.
Docket Number: 25-054. Applicant: Cornell University, 211 Clark
Hall, 142 Sciences Drive, Ithaca, NT 14853. Instrument: Electron
Microscope- TESCAN AMBER X 2 GMH S8251X S/
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N 124-0231. Manufacturer: TESCAN Group, Czech Republic. Intended Use:
The instrument is intended to be used to view the structure and
electronic properties of the material at the atomic scale to learn
about its properties.
Docket Number: 25-055. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument:
Dilution Refrigerator with Passive Damper and Helium Battery (Base
temperature below 10 mK, cooling power more than 14 [micro]W at 20 mK,
and cool down to base temperature in less than 24 hours unloaded).
Manufacturer: Bluefors Inc., Finland. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used to study the electrical resistance of two-
dimensional material devices, such as graphene.
Docket Number: 25-056. Applicant: University at Buffalo, The State
University of New York, 224 Crofts Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260. Instrument:
Duo-Axis Rotation Probe. Manufacturer: Multi-Field Low Temperature
Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., China. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to provide precise measurements of superconducting thin films
and quantum materials in cryogenic environments, supporting angular-
dependent studies of critical current density and magnetic anisotropy.
Docket Number: 25-057. Applicant: Yale School of Medicine, 899
Howard Avenue, CMHC, New Haven, CT 06519. Instrument: Supernova-100
Miniature two-photon microscopy imaging system (mini 2-photon imaging
with two lasers and two different wavelengths). Manufacturer: Transcend
Vivoscope, China. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to
investigate the effects of the primary cannabionoids found in cannabis,
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) on neurodevelopment
when exposure occurs during early life.
Dated: November 26, 2025.
Tyler O'Daniel,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-21740 Filed 12-1-25; 8:45 am]
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