UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 11, 2008

 

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Terminal Drive, Plainview, New York  11803

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(516) 677-0200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

                Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o		Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o		Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8 - Other Events

 

Item 8.01  Other Events.

 

                On August 11, 2008, Veeco issued a press release announcing that it had settled the patent litigation which it had brought against Asylum Research Corporation in 2003.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

                The information in this report, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall it or they be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Press release issued by Veeco Instruments Inc. dated August 11, 2008.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
August 11, 2008	By:	/s/ Gregory A. Robbins
		Gregory A. Robbins
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Press release issued by Veeco Instruments Inc. dated August 11, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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