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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.

1 0000715446 CopyTele, Inc. 6-MOS OCT-31-1997 APR-30-1998 7,957,329 0 5,110,784 0 739,121 14,826,906 2,083,786 1,209,884 16,321,470 1,114,515 0 0 0 578,612 14,628,343 16,321,470 0 0 0 4,040,654 (288,767) 0 0 (3,751,887) 0 (3,751,887) 0 0 0 (3,751,887) ($0.06) 0