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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040513184324
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-04-004807
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040511
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040513

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BOWERS ANTHONY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001238955

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11254
		FILM NUMBER:		04804175

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WALT WHITMAN ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6315495900

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COPYTELE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000715446
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC [3577]
		IRS NUMBER:				112622630
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0606

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WALT WHITMAN RD
		CITY:			HUNTINGTON STATION
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11746
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5165495900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WALT WHITMNA ROAD
		CITY:			HUNTINGTON STATION
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11746
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-05-11</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000715446</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COPYTELE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>COPY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001238955</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BOWERS ANTHONY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O COPYTELE, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>900 WALT WHITMAN ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MELVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11747</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.81</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-05-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>60000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2004-05-11</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-05-10</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>60000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>60000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Right-To-Buy, pursuant to the Copytele, Inc. 2003 Share Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Henry P. Herms on behalf of Anthony Bowers</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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<TYPE>EX-24
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<FILENAME>a4640376.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 24
<TEXT>
                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Denis A. Krusos, Henry P. Herms, and Anne Rotondo, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     1.   Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
          capacity as an officer and/or director of CopyTele, Inc. (the
          "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     2.   Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
          which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
          Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
          Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
          authority; and

     3.   Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
          foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
          benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
          undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
          attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
          of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
          conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
          attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 12th day of September, 2002.


                                                  /s/ Anthony Bowers
                                                  ------------------
                                                      Signature

                                                  Anthony Bowers
                                                  ------------------
                                                  Name (Please Print)


<PAGE>



                              CONFIRMING STATEMENT



     This Statement confirms that the undersigned, Anthony Bowers, has
authorized and designated Denis A. Krusos, Henry P. Herms, and Anne Rotondo,
signing singly, to execute and file on the undersigned's behalf all Forms 3, 4
and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to
file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the
undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of CopyTele, Inc. The
authority of each of the attorneys-in-fact under this Statement shall continue
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard
to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of CopyTele,
Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned acknowledges that
neither of the aforementioned attorneys-in-fact is assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.



Date: September 12, 2002                          /s/ Anthony Bowers
                                                  ------------------
                                                  Signature







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