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FILED AS OF DATE:		20220525
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220525

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP/DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814676
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	POTTERY & RELATED PRODUCTS [3260]
		IRS NUMBER:				042832509
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1225

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36807
		FILM NUMBER:		22958878

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 SOUTH WORCESTER STREET
		CITY:			NORTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02766
		BUSINESS PHONE:		508-222-0614

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 SOUTH WORCESTER STREET
		CITY:			NORTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02766

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CERAMICS PROCESS SYSTEMS CORP/DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>UNITED STATES</b><br>
<b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b><br>
<b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>FORM SD</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.</b><br>
<i>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</i></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9746;&nbsp; Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting from January 1 to December 25, 2021.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">CPS Technologies Corp. conducted an analysis of our products related to SEC defined &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221;, which are tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG) and based on CPS&#8217;s reasonable country of origin inquiry we have no reason to believe that our necessary conflict minerals may have originated in the DRC or adjoining countries.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">A copy of The Company&#8217;s Conflict Minerals Disclosure is provided in Item 1.01 hereto and will be publicly available at: www.cpstechnologysolutions.com.&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>CPS Technologies Corp.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>For The Year Ended December 25, 2021</b>&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">This disclosure for CPS Technologies Corp. for the year ended December 25, 2021 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG) for the purposes of this assessment.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Company Overview</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">This disclosure has been prepared by management of CPS Technologies Corp., (herein referred to as &#8220;CPS&#8221; the &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us,&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;). Nearly all manufacturing and testing is performed in our 38,000 square foot facility located at 111 South Worcester Street. CPS is a small business that is ISO 9001:2015 certified and publicly traded (CPSH). CPS currently employs approximately 88 employees.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Business/Product Overview</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">CPS Technologies Corp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;CPS&#8221;) provides advanced material solutions to the electronics, power generation, automotive, and other industries. The Company&#8217;s products are generally used in high-power, high-reliability applications. The Company&#8217;s primary advanced material solution is metal matrix composites (MMC&#8217;s), a new class of materials which is a combination of metal and ceramic. CPS also assembles housings and packages for hybrid circuits. These housings and packages may include components made of metal-matrix composites.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Supply Chain Due Diligence and Process And Management System</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The 3TG components involved in our manufacturing process is primarily gold plating, gold alloy solder and are focused with five vendors. The Director of Quality Assurance has responsibility to: monitor all 3TG materials in our process, inform and educate our 3TG vendors of the Conflict Minerals regulations, and to solicit information pertaining to the source of their 3TG materials. This process is performed annually using Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&#8220;CMRT&#8221;) which all vendors of 3TG materials submitted to the Company annually, within the last 12 months.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) and RCOI conclusion</b>:</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">We conducted an analysis of our products related to SEC defined &#8220;conflict minerals&#8221;, which are tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG) and based on CPS&#8217;s reasonable country of origin inquiry we have no reason to believe that our necessary conflict minerals may have originated in the DRC or adjoining countries.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SIGNATURE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">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 thereunto duly authorized.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Date: May 25, 2022</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><u>/s/ Charles K. Griffith Jr</u>.</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Charles K. Griffith Jr.</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Chief Financial Officer<br>
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