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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-373194
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130920

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KOPIN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000771266
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				042833935
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		695 MYLES STANDISH BLVD
		CITY:			TAUNTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02780
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5088246696
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VIA EDGAR AND FEDERAL EXPRESS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September&nbsp;20, 2013 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Russell Mancuso </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Finance Branch Chief </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities&nbsp;&amp; Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Registration Statement on Form S-3 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Filed August&nbsp;9, 2013 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>File No.&nbsp;333-190511 </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Mancuso, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter is in response to comments received in the letter dated September&nbsp;5, 2013 (the &#147;Letter&#148;) from the Staff (the
&#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to John C.C. Fan, President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kopin Corporation (&#147;we&#148;, &#147;our&#148; or the
&#147;Company&#148;). We have reviewed the Letter and our response is set forth below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For ease of reference the comment contained in the
Letter is printed below in italics and is followed by our response. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>1. <I>We note the disclosure in the last paragraph on page 2 regarding the
sale of your III-V product line. Please expand your disclosure to quantify the effect of the sale on your revenue and assets. Also include your pro forma revenue and assets after the sale. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response</B>: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will file an amended Form
S-3 with the following amended disclosures (amended disclosures in bolded italics and within the proforma tables): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;16,
2013, we completed the sale of our III-V product line, including all of the outstanding equity interest in KTC Wireless, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that held the Company&#146;s investment in Kopin Taiwan Corporation, to IQE KC,
LLC and IQE plc. Our III-V products primarily consisted of our Gallium Arsenide-based HBT transistor wafers and we referred to them as our &#147;III-V&#148; products because we used elements categorized on the III and V columns of the periodic table
of elements to manufacture such products. The aggregate purchase price was approximately $75 million, subject to certain adjustments, including working capital adjustments and escrow. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The following table provides the pro forma revenues of the Company as if the sale of the
III-V product line had been completed on December&nbsp;27, 2009 (the first day of the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended December&nbsp;25, 2010) (in millions): </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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line had been completed on December&nbsp;29, 2012 (in millions): </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby acknowledges the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">should the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of the effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We would appreciate the opportunity to discuss any remaining questions or concerns with you at your convenience. If you have any further
questions, please contact me at 508.870.5959. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Richard A. Sneider </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard A. Sneider </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">Cc:</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Jay Mumford, <I>U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</I> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">John J. Concannon, <I>Bingham McCutchen LLP</I> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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