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review), the Secretary, if requested by a

domestic interested party within 30

days of the date of publication of the

notice of initiation of the review, will

determine whether antidumping duties

have been absorbed by an exporter or

producer subject to the review if the

subject merchandise is sold in the

United States through an importer that

is affiliated with such exporter or

producer. The request must include the

name(s) of the exporter or producer for

which the inquiry is requested.

Interested parties must submit

applications for disclosure under

administrative protective orders in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.

These initiations and this notice are

in accordance with section 751(a) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 USC

1675(a)), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

Dated: June 13, 2001.

Holly A. Kuga,

Senior Office Director, AD/CVD Enforcement,

Group II, Office 4.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–427–814]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

the Preliminary Results of the

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and

Strip in Coils from France

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for the preliminary results of the

antidumping duty administrative review

of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils

from France.

SUMMARY: On September 6, 2000, the

Department of Commerce

(‘‘Department’’) published a notice of

initiation of an antidumping duty

review of stainless steel sheet and strip

in coils from France. The Department of

Commerce (‘‘Department’’) is extending

the time limit for the preliminary results

of the review, which covers the period

January 4, 1999 through June 30, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Bolling at 202–482–0409; Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘Act’’), are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351

(2001).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary

Results

On September 6, 2000, the

Department published its notice of

initiation of an antidumping duty

review of the antidumping duty order

on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils

from France. See Initiation of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews and Requests

for Revocation in Part, 65 FR 53980,

53981 (September 6, 2000). On January

25, 2001, the Department published its

notice partially extending the time limit

for the preliminary results of the review

by 90 days. See Extension of Time Limit

for the Preliminary Results of the

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip

in Coils from France, 66 FR 7738

(January 25, 2001). Under section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

may extend the deadline for completion

of the preliminary results of a review if

it determines that it is not practicable to

complete the preliminary results within

the statutory time limit of 245 days after

the date on which the review is

initiated. The Department has

determined that it is not practicable to

complete the preliminary results of the

review within that statutory time limit.

See Memorandum from Edward C. Yang

to Joseph A. Spetrini (June 12, 2001).

Therefore, in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results by 30 days until July

31, 2001.

Dated: June 12, 2001.

Edward C. Yang,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of

exclusive patent license.

SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR

404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute

of Standards and Technology (‘‘NIST’’),

U.S. Department of Commerce, is

contemplating the grant of an exclusive

license world-wide to NIST’s interest in

the invention embodied in U.S. Patent

Application 08/189,553, titled,

‘‘Integrated Optic Laser’’, filed February

1, 1994; NIST Docket No. 93–039CIP to

Schott Glass Technologies, Inc., having

a place of business at 400 York Avenue,

Duryea, PA. The grant of the license

would be for ‘Active Guided Wave

Optical Devices’.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.

Terry Lynch, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Office of

Technology Partnerships, Building 820,

Room 213, MS–2200, Gaithersburg, MD

20899.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

prospective exclusive license will be

royalty-bearing and will comply with

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR 404.7 The prospective

exclusive license may be granted unless,

within sixty days from the date of this

published Notice, NIST receives written

evidence and argument which establish

that the grant of the license would not

be consistent with the requirements of

35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. the

availability of the invention for

licensing was published in the Federal

Register, Vol. 66, No. 47 (March 9,

2001).

U.S. Patent application 08/189,553 is

owned by the U.S. Government , as

represented by the Secretary of

Commerce. The present invention

relates to new NIST technology provides

a laser waveguide medium capable of

generating laser amplification at

multiple wavelengths. The medium can

produce lasing with high output power

and high efficiency at wavelengths that

were not previously obtainable.

Dated: June 11, 2001.

Karen H. Brown,

Acting Director.

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