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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
Infonautics, Inc.
Name of Issuer
Class A Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
456662 10 5
CUSIP Number
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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CUSIP No. 456662 10 5 13G Page 2 of 5 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Marvin I. Weinberger
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) / X /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 1,116,150(1)/
SHARES ______________________________________________________________
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 561,572(1)/
REPORTING _____________________________________________________________
PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
1,116,150(1)/
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
291,572(1)/
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,116,150
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
/X/
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11.9%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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FOOTNOTES TO COVER PAGE
OF SCHEDULE 13G
MARVIN I. WEINBERGER
1. Mr. Weinberger holds 1,116,150 shares of Class A Common Stock. In
addition, 160,000 shares of Class A Common Stock are held by Fran Solow
Weinberger (Mr. Weinberger's wife) and Howard L. Morgan, Trustees under
The Marvin Weinberger 1996 Trust Agreement dated January 31, 1996 (the
"1996 Trust");17,400 shares of Class A Common Stock are held by Fran
Solow Weinberger and Howard L. Morgan, Trustees under The Marvin
Weinberger GST Trust dated January 31, 1996 (the "GST Trust"); 114,172
shares of Class A Common Stock are held by The Danna Company, an Ohio
corporation ("Danna"), of which Mr. Weinberger is the president and a
director; and 270,000 shares of Class A Common Stock are held by
Lawrence Husick. Mrs. Weinberger and Dr. Morgan have shared voting
and investment power with respect to the shares held by the 1996 Trust
and the GST Trust. Mr. Weinberger disclaims beneficial ownership with
respect to such shares. Mr. Weinberger has shared voting and
investment power with respect to the shares held by Danna and disclaims
beneficial ownership with respect to such shares. Mr. Weinberger has
voting power with respect to Mr. Husick's shares in certain limited
circumstances and disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to such
shares. Mr. Weinberger disclaims the existence of a group with the
1996 Trust, the GST Trust, Danna and Mr. Husick.
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SCHEDULE 13G
Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer: Infonautics, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company")
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 900 West
Valley Road, Suite 1000, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing: Marvin I. Weinberger
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
900 West Valley Road, Suite 1000, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(c) Citizenship: United States of America
(d) Title of Class of Securities: Class A Common Stock, no par
value ("Class A Common Stock") of the Company
(e) CUSIP Number: 456662 10 5
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or
13-d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a: N/A
Item 4. Ownership. For information concerning the ownership of Class A
Common Stock of the Company by Mr. Weinberger, see Items 5 through 9 and 11 of
the cover page to this Schedule 13G and the footnote thereto.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. N/A
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
N/A
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. N/A
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. See
the cover page of this Schedule 13G and the footnotes thereto.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. N/A
Item 10. Certification. N/A
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Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
February 12, 1997
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Date
/s/ Marvin I. Weinberger
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Signature
Marvin I. Weinberger
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Name
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