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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000944075-12-000052
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120912
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120913
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120913

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:		121089611

	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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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B>CURRENT
REPORT</B></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">September 12, 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: 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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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(510) 933-3000</B></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 8.01.
Other Events</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">On
September 12, 2012, Socket Mobile, Inc. (t</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">he &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release
announcing that, commencing September 13, 2012, the Company&rsquo;s common stock will trade on the OTCQX Marketplace, the premier
tier of the OTC marketplace. The shares will trade under the Company&rsquo;s current trading symbol &ldquo;SCKT&rdquo;. A copy
of the press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1. </FONT></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: 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: bottom; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt">Press release dated September 12, 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: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 0.7pt">/s/ David W. Dunlap</TD>
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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
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Date: </FONT>September 13,
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 September 12, 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"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Exhibit
99.1</B></FONT></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: 16pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Socket
Mobile Common Stock to Begin Trading on OTCQX, the Premier OTC Marketplace, on September 13, 2012</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>NEWARK,
Calif., - September 12, 2012 -</B> Socket Mobile, Inc. (OTC: SCKT), an innovative </FONT>provider of mobile productivity
solutions (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), <FONT STYLE="line-height: 120%">announced today that its shares of common stock will
commence trading on the OTCQX Marketplace, the premier OTC marketplace, on September 13, 2012. The shares will continue to
trade under the Company&rsquo;s current symbol, &ldquo;SCKT&rdquo;. </FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;We
are pleased to be moving to the OTCQX which, as the premier OTC marketplace, is reserved for the best OTC-traded companies,&rdquo;
said David Dunlap, the Company&rsquo;s Chief Financial Officer.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Investors
will be able to view real-time level 2 stock quotes for the Company at http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SCKT/quote.</FONT></P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>About
Socket Mobile</B></FONT><B>&#9;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/120% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">With
20 years of experience in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) market, Socket Mobile 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 Mobile 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,
the Company&rsquo;s official blog.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/150% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">OTC
Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for investors to easily trade
almost 10,000 equity and debt securities through the broker of their choice. Our OTC Link<SUP>&reg;</SUP> ATS directly links a
diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities. We organize
these securities into tiered marketplaces to inform investors of opportunities and risks - OTCQX<SUP>&reg;</SUP> - The Intelligent
Marketplace for the Best OTC Companies; OTCQB<SUP>&reg;</SUP> - The Venture Marketplace; and OTC Pink<SUP>&reg;</SUP> - The Open
Marketplace. Our data-driven platform enables efficient trading through any broker at the best possible price and empowers a broad
range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors. To learn more about how we create
smarter financial marketplaces, visit www.otcmarkets.com.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/150% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/150% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">OTC
Link ATS is operated by OTC Link LLC, member FINRA/SIPC and SEC registered ATS.</FONT></P>

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