<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001493152-21-001312.txt : 20210119
<SEC-HEADER>0001493152-21-001312.hdr.sgml : 20210119
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210119160527
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001493152-21-001312
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210114
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210119

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cryan Terence James
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001378184

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33417
		FILM NUMBER:		21535511

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 HAMPSHIRE RD
		CITY:			BRONXVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10708

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	cryan terence james
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061013

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001378140
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				222535818
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28 ENGELHARD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			MONROE TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08831
		BUSINESS PHONE:		609-730-0400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28 ENGELHARD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			MONROE TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08831

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Ocean Power Technologies, INc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061012
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    <periodOfReport>2021-01-14</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001378140</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OPTT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001378184</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Cryan Terence James</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>28 ENGELHARD DRIVE, SUITE B</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MONROE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08831</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.93</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-01-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>19129</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2022-01-14</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2031-01-14</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>19129</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                    <value>19129</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents stock option granted under the Company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, as annual compensation to the non-employee members of the Board of Directors, which vest in full on the date of the first annual shareholders meeting following the grant date or one year after the grant date, whichever is earlier.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Terence J. Cryan by Matthew T. Shafer as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-01-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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