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SC 13D/A, 1997-12-09
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D


                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 2 )*

                                   Igen, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $.001 par value
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    449536101
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                 Thomas J. Tisch
                               667 Madison Avenue
                               New York, NY 10021
                                 (212) 545-2927
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           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
                      Receive Notices and Communications)

                                December 1, 1997
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             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box |_|

Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be
sent.

*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 on 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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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP No. 449536101                                  Page 2 of 6 Pages
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   1     NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON



         Four Partners
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   2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*           (a)  |_|

                                                                     (b)  |_|
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   3     SEC USE ONLY
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   4     SOURCE OF FUNDS*

         WC
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   5     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                   |_|
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   6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         New York
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    NUMBER OF        7     SOLE VOTING POWER

     SHARES                983,500
                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                     
  BENEFICIALLY       8     SHARED VOTING POWER

    OWNED BY               -0-
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      EACH           
                     9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
    REPORTING
                           983,500
                   ----------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON          
                     10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH
                           -0-
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11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

         983,500
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12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
         CERTAIN SHARES*                                                 |_|
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13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

         6.5%
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14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

         PN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
          INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
      (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.


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CUSIP NO. 449536101                13D                       Page 3 of 6 Pages


Item 1.  Security and Issuer.

         This Amendment No. 2 supplements and amends the Schedule 13D (the
"Schedule 13D") relating to the Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), of Igen, Inc. (the "Issuer") filed by Four Partners, a New York
general partnership ("FP"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 26, 1995, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on January 8, 1997, and
relates to the disposition of 304,700 shares of Common Stock.

Item 2.  Identity and Background.

         The business address of Daniel R. Tisch is c/o Mentor Partners, L.P.,
500 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

         All funds used to purchase the securities reported in Item 5 below were
provided from the working capital of FP. The aggregate purchase price of such
securities was approximately $5,246,257.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

         FP holds 983,500 shares of Common Stock, representing 6.5% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock.

         (a) Set forth in the table below is the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned as of the date hereof by each person or entity
listed in Item 2 above,

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CUSIP NO. 449536101                13D                       Page 4 of 6 Pages


together with the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock which is
beneficially owned by each such person or entity.

Name of                Amount and Nature of          % of Class 
Beneficial Owner       Beneficial Ownership          Outstanding (1)
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Four Partners                983,500                      6.5%

Andrew H. Tisch                    0 (2)                  0
1991 Trust

Daniel R. Tisch                    0 (2)                  0
1991 Trust

James S. Tisch                     0 (2)                  0
1991 Trust

Thomas J. Tisch                    0 (2)                  0
1991 Trust

Andrew H. Tisch                    0 (2)                  0

Daniel R. Tisch                    0 (2)                  0

James S. Tisch                     0 (2)                  0

Thomas J. Tisch                    0 (2)                  0
                          ----------------                -
Total                        983,500                      6.5% (2)

         (b) With respect to the persons and entities named in response to
paragraph (a) above:

         (i) FP has directly the sole power to vote or direct the vote and
    dispose or direct the disposition of the 983,500 shares of Common Stock
    owned by it; and

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(1)  The Issuer's 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
     September 30, 1997 indicated that 15,148,752 shares of 
     Common Stock were issued and outstanding.

(2)  Does not include shares owned by FP. None of the Messrs.
     Tisch beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock, 
     except to the extent that beneficial ownership of shares 
     of Common Stock beneficially owned by FP may be
     attributed to them.

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CUSIP NO. 449536101                13D                       Page 5 of 6 Pages


         (ii) By virtue of their status as managing trustees of the trusts which
    are the general partners of FP, the Messrs. Tisch may be deemed to have
    indirectly shared power to vote or direct the vote and dispose or direct the
    disposition of the 983,500 shares of Common Stock owned by FP.

         (c) The following transactions were effected by FP during the sixty
days preceding the date hereof. None of the persons or entities named in Item 2
above effected any other transactions in the Common Stock during the 60 days
preceding the date hereof.


Transaction        Date        Security      No.      Price/Share       Market
- -----------        ----        --------      ---      -----------       ------
   Sale          10/10/97       Common      10,000     $14.5000         NASDAQ
   Sale          10/13/97       Common      40,000     $14.5875         NASDAQ
   Sale          10/21/97       Common       3,400     $14.5625         NASDAQ
   Sale          11/20/97       Common      40,000     $15.0781         NASDAQ
   Sale          11/21/97       Common       5,000     $14.8750         NASDAQ
   Sale          11/24/97       Common      10,000     $14.5000         NASDAQ
   Sale          11/25/97       Common       2,000     $13.7500         NASDAQ
   Sale          12/01/97       Common      50,000     $13.8750         NASDAQ
   Sale          12/02/97       Common      10,000     $13.7500         NASDAQ
   Sale          12/04/97       Common      15,000     $12.8750         NASDAQ
   Sale          12/05/97       Common      60,000     $13.0469         NASDAQ
   Sale          12/08/97       Common      40,000     $13.5391         NASDAQ
   Sale          12/09/97       Common       5,000     $13.6250         NASDAQ

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CUSIP NO. 449536101                13D                       Page 6 of 6 Pages


                                    SIGNATURE

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
hereby certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.


December 9, 1997

                                            FOUR PARTNERS
         

                                            By   /s/ Thomas J. Tisch
                                                     Thomas J. Tisch
                                                Manager of Four Partners




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