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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-02-000045
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20011130
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020110

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUGUST TECHNOLOGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001063527
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & LENSES [3827]
		IRS NUMBER:				411729485
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30637
		FILM NUMBER:		2506368

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4900 W 78TH ST
		CITY:			BLOOMINGTON
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55435
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9528200080

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4900 WEST 78TH STREET
		CITY:			BLOOMINGTON
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55435
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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)</font></font></b></p>



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of report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160;

November 30, 2001</font></font></b></p>



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Technology Corporation</font></font></b></p>



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of Principal Executive Offices)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

(Zip Code)</font></font></p>



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Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</font></font></p>



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Applicable</font></font></p>



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Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</font></font></p>



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accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Thomas

C. Verburgt, Chief Technology Officer of August Technology Corporation (the

&#147;Company&#148;), on November 30, 2001, adopted a trading plan to provide for an

orderly disposition of a portion of his holdings of the Company&#146;s Common

Stock.&#160; Mr. Verburgt&#146;s previous trading

plan terminated in November 2001.&#160; Mr.

Verburgt&#146;s new plan provides for the sale of up to 120,000 shares (up to 30,000

shares each month), subject to certain price limits, over a maximum term of one

year beginning December 15, 2001.&#160; As of

November 30, 2001, Mr. Verburgt beneficially owned 897,825 shares (7.0%) of the

Company&#146;s Common Stock.</font></font></p>



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None.</font></font></p>



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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.</font></font></p>



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10, 2002</font></font></p>



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