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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950152-00-006852
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20000810
FILED AS OF DATE:		20000921

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ZAXIS INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000797542
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [5122
]		IRS NUMBER:				680080601
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231
</COMPANY-DATA>

		FILING VALUES:
			FORM TYPE:		3
			SEC ACT:		
			SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15746
			FILM NUMBER:		726172
</FILING-VALUES>

			BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
				STREET 1:		1890 GEORGETOWN ROAD
				CITY:			HUDSON
				STATE:			OH
				ZIP:			44236
				BUSINESS PHONE:		3306500444
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>

				MAIL ADDRESS:	
					STREET 1:		1890 GEORGETOWN ROAD
					CITY:			HUDSON
					STATE:			OH
					ZIP:			44236
</MAIL-ADDRESS>

					FORMER COMPANY:	
						FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INFERGENE CO
						DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
</FORMER-COMPANY>
</SUBJECT-COMPANY>
<REPORTING-OWNER>

						COMPANY DATA:	
							COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROBERTS JAMES O
							CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001123331
							STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [
]<RELATIONSHIP>DIRECTOR
							IRS NUMBER:				680080601
</COMPANY-DATA>

							FILING VALUES:
								FORM TYPE:		3
</FILING-VALUES>

								BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
									STREET 1:		545 HANNA BUILDING
									CITY:			CLEVLAND
									STATE:			OH
									ZIP:			44115
									BUSINESS PHONE:		3306500444
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>

									MAIL ADDRESS:	
										STREET 1:		545 HANNA BUILDING
										CITY:			CLEVLAND
										STATE:			OH
										ZIP:			44115
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>l83751ae3.txt
<DESCRIPTION>ZAXIS INTERNATIONAL/JAMES O. ROBERTS   FORM 3
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                                                                                                         --------------------------
 FORM 3                                                                                                        OMB Approval
                                             U.S.  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                    --------------------------
                                                    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549                               OMB Number  3235-0104
                                                                                                         Expires: September 30, 1998
                                     INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES             Estimated average burden
                                                                                                         hours per response... 0.5

            Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
                        Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting       |  2. Date of Event Re-   |  4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Person*                             |     quiring Statement   |   ZAXIS International    ZAXS
Roberts       James          Owen      |     (Month/Day/Year)    |------------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------|                         | 5. Relationship of Reporting     | 6. If Amendment, Date of
(Last)        (First)       (Middle)   |      8/10/00            |    Person(s) to Issuer           |    Original (Month/Day/Year)
                                       |-------------------------|    (Check all applicable)        |
  2323 Stillman Road                   |  3. IRS or Social       | _X_ Director      _____ 10% Owner|-------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------|     Security Number     | ___ Officer       _____ Other    | 7. Ind.or Joint/Group Filing
               (Street)                |     of Reporting        |     (give title         (specify |    Form filed by:
                                       |     Person (Voluntary)  |      below              below)   | _X_ One Reporting Person
                                       |                         |                                  | ___ More than One Reporting
 Cleveland         OH          44118   |   ###-##-####           |      ------------------------    |     Person
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(City)          (State)         (Zip)  |      TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                       |
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1. Title of Security                   | 2. Amount of Securities         | 3. Ownership         | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
   (Instr. 4)                          |    Beneficially Owned           |    Form: Direct      |    Ownership (Instr. 5)
                                       |    (Instr. 4)                   |    (D) or Indirect   |
                                       |                                 |    (I)  (Instr. 5)   |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
Zaxis International                    |   40,000 Shares                 |   Direct             |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
- ---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------
                                       |                                 |                      |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned, directly or indirectly.                  (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v)                                    SEC 1473 (7-96)
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<S>                 <C>
FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
        TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

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1.Title of Derivative Security | 2.Date Exer-  | 3.Title and Amount of Securities | 4.Conver- | 5. Owner-   | 6. Nature of Indirect
  (Instr. 4)                   |   cisable and |   Underlying Derivative Security |  sion or  |    ship     |    Beneficial
                               |   Expiration  |   (Instr. 4)                     |  Exercise |    Form of  |    Ownership
                               |   Date        |                                  |  Price of |    Deriv-   |    (Instr. 5)
                               |   (Month/Day/ |                                  |  Deriv-   |    ative    |
                               |   Year)       |                                  |  ative    |    Security:|
                               |---------------|----------------------------------|  Security |    Direct   |
                               |Date   | Expir-|                         | Amount |           |    (D) or   |
                               |Exer-  | ation |         Title           | or     |           |    Indirect |
                               |cisable| Date  |                         | Number |           |    (I)      |
                               |       |       |                         | of     |           |  (Instr. 5) |
                               |       |       |                         | Shares |           |             |
- -------------------------------|-------|-------|-------------------------|--------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------
 ZAXIS International           |       |       |$15,000 Convertible Note |        |   $.60    |    Direct   |
- -------------------------------|-------|-------|-------------------------|--------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------
                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
- -------------------------------|-------|-------|-------------------------|--------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------
                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
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                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
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                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
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                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
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                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
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                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
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                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
- -------------------------------|-------|-------|-------------------------|--------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------
                               |       |       |                         |        |           |             |
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Explanation of Responses:

                                                                          /s/ James O. Roberts                        8/31/00
                                                                      ------------------------------------        -----------------
                                                                         *Signature of Reporting Person                 Date



** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
   See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient,
      See Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays currently valid OMB Number.

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                                                                                                       SEC 1473 (7-96)
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