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): March 15, 2005 (March 8, 2005)



                         PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Delaware                      0-22182                 84-1070278
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(State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission        (I.R.S. Empl. Ident. No.)
incorporation or organization)      File Number)

         10989 Via Frontera, San Diego, California               92127
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         (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

                                 (858) 674-5000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 8.01         OTHER EVENTS.
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      On March 8, 2005, Judge Jeremy Fogel, United States District Judge for the
Northern District of California, issued an order that denied the Company from
introducing Willis E. Higgins' testimony and disqualified the Company's New York
and California counsels from representing the Company in Case Number C 04-0618
JF, Patriot Scientific Corporation v. Charles H. Moore, et al. The order was
granted as a result of Mr. Higgins prior legal representation of Mr. Moore
during the initial filing of a patent application in 1989.

      A case management conference with Judge Fogel is scheduled for April 22,
2005. The Company is currently reviewing its options which include: 1) retaining
alternate counsel and presenting the facts of the case before Judge Fogel
without Mr. Higgins' testimony, 2) requesting Judge Fogel to reconsider the
order, and 3) filing for a review of the order with the Federal Circuit Court.


                                   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.

                                   PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION


Dated:  March 15, 2005             By:  /s/  LOWELL W. GIFFHORN
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                                             Lowell W. Giffhorn
                                             Exec. V.P., Chief Financial Officer
                                             & Secretary


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