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

                               September 25, 2002
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                                (Date of Report)

                                  GENUS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           California                000-17139             94-2790804
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   (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission         (IRS Employer
         of incorporation)          File Number)      Identification No.)


1139  Karlstad  Drive
Sunnyvale, CA                                                      94089
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(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:           (408) 747-7120
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                                      N/A
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



Item  5.     Other  Events

     Following  last  month's  claim  construction  order  by  the United States
District  Court  for  the  Northern District of California regarding its ongoing
patent  infringement lawsuit with Dutch company ASMI (Nasdaq: ASMI), Genus, Inc.
(Nasdaq: GGNS) filed motions on September 23 for summary judgment on the grounds
of  non-infringement.  The  motions  apply to U.S. Patent No. 6,015,590 and U.S.
Patent  No.  5,916,365  and  move  that  the  court  make  a  decision  on
non-infringement  without  going  to  trial  on  the  basis of the court's claim
construction  ruling  and  evidence  produced  in  the  litigation.

     ASM  initially  filed  suit  against  Genus  in  June  2001  for  allegedly
infringing  two  of  its  ALD  patents.  Genus  rejected the patent infringement
allegations,  and  in  a  counter suit, claimed that ASMI had infringed its U.S.
Patent  No.  5,294,568,  entitled  "Method  of  Selective Etching Native Oxide."



                                   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.

Date:  September 25, 2002                          GENUS, INC.


                                                   By:  /s/  Shum Mukherjee
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                                                        Shum Mukherjee
                                                        Chief Financial Officer