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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 5, 2005

                        Superconductor Technologies Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

             Delaware                    0-21074             77-0158076
   (State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File       (IRS Employer
         of Incorporation)               Number)         Identification No.)

             460 Ward Drive, Santa Barbara, CA                 93111
         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)            (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (805) 690-4500

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     On January 5, 2005 Superconductor Technologies Inc. announced via press
release, preliminary fourth quarter and full year 2004 revenues. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto. The press release may also be found on the
Company's website at www.suptech.com on the Investor Relations page.

     The information contained in this report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit
99.1, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not
be deemed "filed" with the Securities and Exchange Commission nor incorporated
by reference in any registration statement filed by the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

      (c) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.                      Description
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   99.1          Press release dated as of January 5, 2005



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirement 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.

                                           Superconductor Technologies Inc.

Date:  January 5, 2005                     By:  /s/ Martin S. McDermut
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                                                Martin S. McDermut,
                                                Senior Vice President, Chief
                                                Financial Officer and Secretary

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