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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000944075-12-000029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120718
ITEM INFORMATION:		Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120724
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120724

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000944075
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS [3571]
		IRS NUMBER:				943155066
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25904
		FILM NUMBER:		12976526

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39700 EUREKA DRIVE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94560-4808
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5109333000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39700 EUREKA DRIVE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94560-4808

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950418
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DC 20549</B></FONT></P>

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REPORT</B></FONT></P>

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to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: center">July 18, 2012</P>

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Report </FONT></P>

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earliest event reported)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B>SOCKET
MOBILE, INC.</B></FONT></P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>001-13810</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">94-3155066</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer<BR> Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>39700 Eureka Drive</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, CA 94560</B></P>

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of principal executive offices, including zip code)</FONT></P>

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telephone number, including area code)</FONT></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: left">Item 3.01.
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: 0pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.1pt">On
May 21, 2012, Socket Mobile, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The
Nasdaq Stock Market (the &ldquo;Staff&rdquo;) confirming that the Company&rsquo;s stockholders&rsquo; equity as of March 31, 2012
of $2,445,759 was below the minimum stockholders&rsquo; equity of $2,500,000 required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital
Market as set forth in Marketplace Rule 5550(b)(1) (the &ldquo;Rule&rdquo;). They requested that the Company submit a plan (the
&ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) by July 5, 2012 to return to compliance with the minimum stockholders&rsquo; equity listing requirement. The
receipt of this letter was previously reported by the Company in a press release and a Form 10-K on May 25, 2012.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.1pt">On
July 3, 2012, the Company submitted to the Staff a Plan to regain compliance with the Rule. On July 18, 2012, the Staff provided
written notification to the Company that the Staff would deny the Company&rsquo;s request for an extension of time for the Company
to regain compliance with the Rule. The Company may appeal this determination which would be reviewed by a Hearings Panel. Absent
such appeal, the Company&rsquo;s common stock will be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on July
27, 2012 and will commence trading on the OTC Markets under its current trading symbol SCKT. The Company does not plan to appeal
this determination.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.1pt">The
full text of the Company's press release concerning its receipt of a delisting letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market Listings Qualification
Department and expectations of commencing trading on the OTC Markets is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>(d) Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 87%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: center">99.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt">Press release dated July  24, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.1pt">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 hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-weight: bold">SOCKET MOBILE, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; text-align: right">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt">/s/ David W. Dunlap</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Name: David W. Dunlap</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Vice President, Finance and
        Administration and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Date: </FONT>July 24, 2012</P>

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INDEX</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 87%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt; font-size: 11pt">Press release dated July 24, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.25in 0 0; text-align: right">Exhibit 99.1</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.25in 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt">Socket
Mobile Common Stock to Begin Trading on the OTC Markets</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>NEWARK,
Calif., - July 24, 2012 -</B> Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT) <FONT STYLE="line-height: 120%">announced today that the Company&rsquo;s
common stock will begin trading on the OTC Markets commencing on Friday, July 27, 2012. The shares will trade under the Company&rsquo;s
current symbol, SCKT. The Company has applied to trade on the OTCQX tier of the OTC Markets and will initially trade on the OTCQB
tier until the processing of its application has been completed and approved. </FONT></FONT>Investors will be able to view the
Real Time Level II stock quotes for SCKT at http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SCKT/quote. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; line-height: 120%">Trading
of the Company&rsquo;s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market will be suspended at the opening of business on July 27, 2012.
</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On May 21, 2012 the Company received a letter from the Listing
Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market indicating that the Company failed to comply with the minimum stockholders&rsquo;
equity requirement of $2,500,000 for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market set forth in Marketplace Rule 5550(b)(1). On
July 3, 2012, the Company submitted a plan requesting an extension of time to regain compliance. On July 18, 2012, the Company&rsquo;s
request for an extension of time was denied and the Company was notified that its stock would be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital
Market at the opening of the markets on July 27, 2012. The Company does not plan to appeal this determination.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/130% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/130% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>About OTC Markets Group, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/130% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">OTC Markets Group, Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates the world's
largest OTC marketplace for equity securities. Our OTC Link trading system delivers price transparency in over 10,000 securities
and enables direct interaction between broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services. We organize the marketplace
by categorizing the wide spectrum of OTC-traded companies into three tiers: OTCQX - The Intelligent Marketplace for the Best OTC
Companies; OTCQB - The Venture Marketplace; and OTC Pink - The Open Marketplace. Our information-driven platform makes it easy
for investors to trade at the best price through the broker of their choice and empowers companies to build the best markets for
their investors. To learn more about our Open, Transparent, and Connected marketplace, visit www.otcmarkets.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/130% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/130% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>About Socket Mobile</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/130% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">With 20 years of experience in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) market, Socket makes
mobile computing and productivity work. The company offers a family of handheld computers and an extensive portfolio of AIDC peripherals
specifically designed to increase productivity and drive operational efficiencies in healthcare, hospitality and other business
mobility deployments. The company also offers OEM solutions for the mobile device market. Socket is headquartered in Newark, Calif.
and can be reached at 510-933-3000 or www.socketmobile.com. Follow Socket Mobile on Twitter @socketmobile and subscribe to sockettalk.socketmobile.com,
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">510-933-3035</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; tab-stops: center 3.0in right 6.0in"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">323-468-2300</FONT></TD></TR>
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