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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001493152-23-025367
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230724

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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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24, 2023</FONT></P>

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    </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ms.
    Claudia Rios</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ms.
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Re:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ocean
    Power Technologies, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Registration
    Statement on Form S-3</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed
    on June 30, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">File
    No. 333-273044</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dear
Ms. Rios and Ms. Barberena-Meissner:</FONT></P>

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letter is in response to your letter dated July 20, 2023, to Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), transmitting
the comments of the staff (the &ldquo;Staff&rdquo;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) relating
to the above-referenced registration statement. For your convenience, the response is preceded by the Staff&rsquo;s comment to which
the response relates.</FONT></P>

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S-3 filed on June 30, 2023</U></FONT></P>

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Stockholders, page 11</U></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Original
                                            Comment. </B>We note the &ldquo;Number of Shares Which May be Sold in This Offering&rdquo;
                                            column of your selling stockholders&rsquo; beneficial ownership table includes more shares
                                            than the amounts owned prior to the offering by certain stockholders. For example, you disclose
                                            in the &ldquo;Common Stock Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering&rdquo; column of your table
                                            that Mark Gundersen and Attilio Angelini each beneficially own 745,951 and 30,000 shares,
                                            respectively, while you disclose in the &ldquo;Number of Shares Which May be Sold in This
                                            Offering&rdquo; column that they may each sell 911,535 and 35,117 shares, respectively. In
                                            addition, your disclosure in this table indicates that John M. Boylston, Trustee of The Deborah
                                            A. Coleman Trust, dated April 26, 2006 and other selling stockholders may sell shares even
                                            though no shares are owned by such selling stockholders prior to the offering. Lastly, we
                                            note disclosure in this table reflects that the number of shares beneficially owned by selling
                                            stockholders prior to the offering is the same as the number of shares owned after the offering,
                                            even though the post-offering amount assumes the selling stockholders will sell all of the
                                            common stock offered by them. Please revise these disclosures to resolve these discrepancies
                                            or advise.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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</B>In response to the Staff&rsquo;s comment, the Company has revised the table to reflect in the &ldquo;Common Stock Beneficially Owned
Prior to Offering&rdquo; column all shares owned prior to the filing of the registration statement. We believe this addresses the Staff&rsquo;s
questions.</FONT></P>

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call the undersigned at (609) 730-0400 with any additional comments or questions you may have.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Very
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/
    Robert P. Powers</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Robert
    P. Powers</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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