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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001513162-12-000846
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20121029
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20121029
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20121029

FILER:

	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:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11254
		FILM NUMBER:		121166242

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WALT WHITMAN RD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5165495900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WALT WHITMAN ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">UNITED STATES </FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 9pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">SCHEDULE 14A </FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 9pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">(Amendment No. ) </FONT></B></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 9pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Filed by the Registrant </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-US face=wingdings>x&nbsp;</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman"> Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-US face=wingdings>&#168;&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 3.75pt; MARGIN: 4.5pt 0in 0pt 8.25pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box: </FONT></P>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Preliminary Proxy Statement </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Definitive Proxy Statement </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12 </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 9pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">CopyTele, Inc. </FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 3.75pt; MARGIN: 9pt 0in 0pt 8.25pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </FONT></P>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">No fee required. </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">(2)</FONT></P></TD>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Total fee paid: </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. </FONT></P></TD></TR>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">(1)</FONT></P></TD>

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   <P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face="Times New Roman">Amount Previously Paid: </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">COPYTELE, INC</FONT></B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">900 Walt Whitman Road</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">Melville, NY&nbsp;&nbsp;11747</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 2pt 0in" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">To Be Held on October 31, 2012</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.55in; MARGIN: 2pt 0in"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">This proxy statement supplement, dated October 29, 2012 (&#8220;Supplement&#8221;), supplements the proxy statement (which we refer to as the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on September 21, 2012 relating to the annual meeting of stockholders of CopyTele, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to be held on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:30 a.m., local time, to be held at&nbsp;the Fox Hollow, Woodbury, New York. The purpose of this Supplement is (i) to notify stockholders of the postponement of the annual meeting to November 9, 2012 due to </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">the severe weather that is expected to arrive in the New York area</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman"> and (ii) to correct certain statements in the Proxy Statement with respect to broker discretion regarding Item 3 (regarding the increase of CopyTele&#8217;s authorized number of shares of common stock to 300,000,000 shares). Except as described in this Supplement, the information provided in the Proxy Statement continues to apply. To the extent that information in this Supplement differs from, conflicts with, or updates information contained in the Proxy Statement, the information in this Supplement is more current and shall prevail. This Supplement revises the Proxy Statement and should be read in conjunction with it. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Proxy Statement.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 2pt 0in"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">Postponement of Annual Meeting Date</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">CopyTele announced on October 29, 2012 that it has postponed its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, previously scheduled on October 31, 2012, until Friday, November 9, 2012 at 10:30 a.m., local time, at&nbsp;the Fox Hollow,</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face=arial,sans-serif> </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Woodbury, New York. The annual meeting has been postponed due to the severe weather that is expected to arrive in the New York area. </FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">The record date for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will remain September 10, 2012. Stockholders which have already cast votes for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will not need to vote again unless they wish to change their votes.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">Amendment Regarding Item 3</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 2pt 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the Proxy Statement, Item 3 (regarding the increase of CopyTele&#8217;s authorized number of shares of common stock to 300,000,000) was erroneously described as a &#8220;non-routine&#8221; matter on which banks, brokers and other nominees are not permitted to vote without stockholder instruction.&nbsp; In order to clarify the status of Item 3 as a routine matter on which banks, brokers and other nominees are permitted to vote without stockholder instruction the following paragraph from pages 1 and 2 of the Proxy Statement is hereby modified as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 1in 12pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">To carry on the business of the Annual Meeting, we must have a quorum.&nbsp; This means that at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock eligible to vote must be present at the Annual Meeting, either by proxy or in person.&nbsp; Shares of Common Stock represented by a properly signed and returned proxy are considered present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining a quorum.&nbsp; Abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as present at the Annual Meeting for determining whether we have a quorum.&nbsp; A broker non-vote occurs when a broker returns a proxy but does not vote on a particular proposal because the broker does not have discretionary voting power for that particular item and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner.&nbsp; With respect to broker non-votes, the shares will not be considered entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on non-routine matters, such as the election of directors </FONT><STRIKE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">and the proposal to increase the authorized Common Stock</FONT></STRIKE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">, which means your broker may not vote your shares on Item 1 </FONT><STRIKE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">or Item 3</FONT></STRIKE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman"> if you have not given your broker specific instructions as to how to vote.&nbsp; Please be sure to give specific voting instructions to your broker so that your vote can be counted.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 2pt 1in 0pt"><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">. . . </FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 1in 12pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote on such matter at the Annual Meeting is required for approval of the proposed amendment to the Company&#8217;s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized Common Stock of the Company from 240,000,000 to 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock.&nbsp; With respect to an abstention, the shares will be considered present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and they will have the same effect as a vote against the matter.&nbsp; </FONT><STRIKE><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman">With respect to broker non-votes, the shares will not be considered entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting for such matter and they will have the same effect as a vote against the matter.</FONT></STRIKE></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.55in; MARGIN: 2pt 0in"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman">CopyTele advises its stockholders to read the Proxy Statement, as amended and supplemented by this Supplement, because it contains important information. Stockholders may obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement and other documents that CopyTele files with the SEC at the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov. The Proxy Statement and these other documents may also be obtained for free on CopyTele&#8217;s website http://www.copytele.com/investors or on the website provided by Broadridge https://materials.proxyvote.com/217721.</FONT></P>

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