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To: Michael T Currie who wrote (12774)	12/7/1999 9:21:00 AM
From: Bretsky	Respond to of 118717

WOW; Wouldn't want to be holding VISX now. Tuesday December 7, 8:43 am Eastern Time BEFORE THE BELL-VISX tumbles amid finding NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Shares of VISX Inc. tumbled in pre-opening trade Tuesday after the International Trade Commission made an initial finding in favor of a rival in a patent infringement case. VISX, which makes lasers used to correct eyesight, was down at 48 on the Instinet electronic broker system. The shares closed Monday at 88-1/8. The company said after markets closed Monday that a judge of the International Trade Commission had made an initial determination in favor of Japan's Nidek Co. Ltd. in a patent infringement dispute. VISX said it would ask the full commission to review the finding. That's what can happen when a discontinuous innovation is not proprietary