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                       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): June 21, 2001

                           THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                                                   
   Delaware                                1-8597                        94-2657368
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 of incorporation)


       6140 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 590, Pleasanton, California 94588
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (925) 460-3600
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 5.  Other Events.

On June 21, 2001, The Cooper Companies, Inc. issued a press release announcing
that a United States District Court had denied a petition for preliminary
injunction in a patent infringement lawsuit against CooperVision, a Cooper
Companies' unit. This release is filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated
by reference herein.

Any Internet addresses provided in this release are for information purposes
only and are not intended to be hyperlinks. Accordingly, no information in any
of these Internet addresses is included herein.

ITEM 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c) Exhibits.



Exhibit
  No.        Description
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99.1         Press Release dated June 21, 2001 of The Cooper Companies, Inc.





















                                    SIGNATURE

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.

                                           THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.

                                           By   /s/ Stephen C. Whiteford
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                                                Stephen C. Whiteford
                                                Vice President and
                                                Corporate Controller
                                                (Principal Accounting Officer)

Dated:  June 25, 2001













                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit                                                             Sequentially
  No.    Description                                                Numbered Page
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99.1     Press Release dated June 21, 2001 of The Cooper
                  Companies, Inc.



                      STATEMENT OF DIFFERENCES

The registered trademark symbol shall be expressed as...................'r'

                         [COOPER COMPANIES LETTERHEAD]



NEWS RELEASE

         CONTACT:

         Norris Battin

         The Cooper Companies, Inc.

         ir@coopercompanies.com

         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

        COURT DENIES PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION IN PATENT INFRINGEMENT SUIT
                         AGAINST COOPER COMPANIES' UNIT

LAKE FOREST, Calif., June 21, 2001 -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO) said
today that the United States District Court for the Central District of
California denied a petition by Wesley Jessen Corporation for a preliminary
injunction to prevent the Company's CooperVision unit from selling Frequency'r'
Colors opaque contact lenses in the United States. Wesley Jessen has filed a
lawsuit alleging that the CooperVision product infringes a Wesley Jessen patent.

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