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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial
information extracted from the financial
statements contained in the body of the
accompanying Form10-Q and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> CopyTele, Inc.
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0
0
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