8-K

                  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 10, 1998



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



        Delaware                                 13-5616408        
(State or other jurisdiction                  (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                    Identification Number)


                                1-4821
                       (Commission File Number)


200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois   60606-5802 
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 831-1070





INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 5.  Other Events

On March 10, 1998, Registrant announced that a jury in the U.S. 
District Court in St. Paul, Minneosta handed down a verdict the 
previous day in ITI's patent suit against the Registrant relating to 
ITI's U.S. Patent 4,855,713.  The patent relates to a method of 
entering wireless transmitter identity codes into security system 
control panels.  The jury verdict awarded damages of approximately 
$36 million. The Registrant intends to appeal the verdict.  The 
announcement is more fully described in the press release filed as 
Exhibit 99 hereto, the first two paragraphs and last paragraph of 
which press release are hereby incorporated by reference.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c) Exhibits.
                                                    Sequentially
          Exhibit No.         Description          Numbered Pages

              99              Press release                3
                              dated March 10, 1998



                             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.


                                        PITTWAY CORPORATION
                                        (Registrant)

Dated: March 10, 1998               By:  /s/ Paul R. Gauvreau	
                                         Paul R. Gauvreau
                                         Financial Vice President
                                         and Treasurer


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EX-99

																								Exhibit 99

FROM:	Edelman Worldwide					FOR:	Pittway Corporation
					Financial Relations							200 South Wacker Drive
					200 East Randolph Drive					Suite 700
					Chicago, Illinois 60601					Chicago, IL  60606-5802
					Phone:  (312) 240-2640					Phone:  (312) 831-1070

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For further information contact Mark McCall at Edelman 
or Edward J. Schwartz at Pittway.

	Chicago, Illinois, March 10, 1998 -- Pittway Corporation (NYSE:PRYA) 
reported that a jury in the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minneosta 
yesterday handed down a verdict in ITI's patent suit against Pittway 
relating to ITI's U.S. Patent 4,855,713.  The patent relates to a method 
of entering wireless transmitter identity codes into security system 
control panels.  The jury verdict awarded damages of approximately $36 
million. Pittway intends to appeal the verdict.

	In 1997, Pittway introduced an improved method of enrolling 
transmitters in its Vista series of control panels.  This method was not 
at issue in the ITI litigation.  Pittway believes that this verdict will 
not affect its ability to ship products and meet the needs of its 
customers.

	Pittway manufactures and distributes burglar and commercial fire alarm 
equipment and other low voltage products, publishes and prints trade 
magazines and directories and produces trade shows, conferences and 
direct mail marketing materials.

	This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as 
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These 
statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology.  
Such statements involve risks or uncertainties, including the ultimate 
disposition of the foregoing matter, and are qualified in their entirety 
by the cautions contained in reports and documents filed by Pittway with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission.