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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ~~Washington, D.C. 20549~~

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT ~~Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

Pursuant ~~Date~~to ofSection ~~Report:~~13 ~~December 18, 2001~~ or 15(~~Date of earliest event reported~~d) of

~~VICINITY~~The ~~CORPORATION (Exact~~Securities ~~Name~~Exchange Act of ~~Registrant as Specified in its Charter)~~ 1934

Delaware		Commission File:		77-0414631
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		000-29365		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Date of Report: February 22, 2002

~~370 San Aleso Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94085~~ (~~Address~~Date of ~~Principal~~earliest ~~Executive Offices, including zip code~~event reported)

~~(408) 543-3000 (Registrant's~~VICINITY ~~telephone number, including area code)~~ CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant ~~ITEM~~as 5.Specified ~~OTHER~~in ~~EVENTS~~ its Charter)

~~On December 18, 2001, Vicinity Corporation, a~~ Delaware ~~corporation~~ (~~the~~State ~~"Company"),~~or ~~issued~~Other aJurisdiction press release announcing that it has been served with a patent infringement lawsuit pursuant to a Complaint for Patent Infringement filed by Murex Licensing Corporation and an affiliate in federal court in Virginia. A copy of ~~the~~Incorporation) ~~Company's December 18,~~Commission ~~2001~~File: ~~press~~000-29365 ~~release~~77-0414631 ~~is attached hereto as Exhibit 99~~(I.1R.S. ~~and~~Employer isIdentification ~~incorporated herein by reference~~No. )

370 San ~~ITEM~~Aleso ~~7. EXHIBITS~~ Avenue

~~99.1 Text of Press Release~~Sunnyvale, ~~dated December 18, 2001.~~California 94085

2(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

(408) ~~SIGNATURES~~ 543-3000

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the~~ (Registrant’s ~~has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned~~telephone ~~hereunto~~number, ~~duly~~including ~~authorized.~~area code)

ITEM 7. EXHIBITS

399.1 Text of Press Release, dated March 6, 2002.

ITEM 8. ~~EXHIBIT~~CHANGE ~~INDEX~~ IN FISCAL YEAR

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Text of Press Release, dated December 18, 2001.

Vicinity Corporation (the “Company”) currently operates on a fiscal year ending on July 31. Effective February 22, 2002, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, in accordance with authority delegated by the Board of Directors, adopted a resolution changing the last day of the Company’s fiscal year from the present July 31 to June 30, commencing with the present fiscal year. As a result, fiscal year 2003 shall commence on July 1, 2002 and end on June 30, 2003. The period from August 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002 will be a transition period and will result in a fiscal year 2002 that contains 11 months. Accordingly, the Company’s fiscal fourth quarter of fiscal year 2002, ending on June 30, 2002, will contain 2 months.

*Information for the transition *period *will *be *filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the 11 months ending June 30, 2002.

VICINITY CORPORATION

Date: December 19, 2001

/s/ Maury Austin

Maury Austin

Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President

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.

	VICINITY CORPORATION



Date: March 6, 2002	By:	/s/ CHARLES W. BERGER
		Name:	Charles W. Berger
		Title:	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Text of Press Release, dated March 6, 2002.

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