• NOTE FROM LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION: THIS IS A TERMINATION REPORT FOR APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC. LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION WAS CREATED FROM THE MERGER OF INVITROGEN CORPORATION AND APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC. IN NOVEMBER OF 2008. THE MERGER CREATED A GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS COMPANY DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HUMAN CONDITION. APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC. FILED LOBBYINGREPORTS FROM MID-YEAR 2007 THROUGH YEAR-END 2008 ALTHOUGH IT NO LONGER EMPLOYED AN IN-HOUSE LOBBYIST. APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC. RETAINED THE LOBBY FIRM GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WHICH HAS FILED LOBBYING REPORTS DISCLOSING ITS LOBBYING ACTIVITY.

Duration: April 1, 2006 to November 24, 2008

General Issues: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Science/Technology

Spending: about $20,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2006:

Affiliated organizations: Applera Corp.; Celera