================================================================================

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   ----------

                                    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 9, 2006

                        SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

             Delaware                      0-21074               77-0158076
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of         (Commission           (IRS Employer
          Incorporation)                 File 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
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

[ ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
     Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
     Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

================================================================================



ITEM 2.02   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

            On January 9, 2006, Superconductor Technologies Inc. announced via
press release, preliminary fourth quarter and full year 2005 revenue. 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   EXHIBITS

     (d)    EXHIBITS

            99.1 Press release dated as of January 9, 2006

                                       S-2


                                   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 9, 2006                          By:  /s/ Martin S. McDermut
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                    Martin S. McDermut,
                                                    Senior Vice President, 
                                                    Chief Financial Officer and
                                                    Secretary

                                       S-3