<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001704739-17-000017.txt : 20170727
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001704739-17-000017
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170724
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170727
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170727

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOORE WILLIAM M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001217126

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27598
		FILM NUMBER:		17985281

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			IRIDEX CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001006045
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				770210467
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1230

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1212 TERRA BELLA AVE
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6509404700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1212 TERRA BELLA AVENUE
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
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        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock units vest over a period of 48 months with 1/4th of the total number of units vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and 1/48th of the total number of units vesting each month thereafter. Restriced stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option was granted pursuant to IRIDEX Corporation's 2008 Equity Incentive Plan and is exempt to Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Shares subject to the option vest over a period of 48 months with 1/4th of the total number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and 1/48th of the total number of shares vesting each month thereafter.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Nilo De Castro, Attorney-in-Fact for Moore</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-07-27</signatureDate>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY



The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of IRIDEX Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Nilo De Castro and Romeo Dizon, and both of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.



The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of April, 2017.





Signature:   /s/ William M. Moore



Print Name:   William M. Moore

























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