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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) August 10, 2006

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

            Delaware                    0-21074                 77-0158076
  (State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
       of 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))

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ITEM 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     On August 10, 2006, Superconductor Technologies Inc. announced via press
release, results for the second fiscal quarter and six months ending July 1,
2006. The press release is attached to this filing as Exhibit 99.1, and the
financial information therein is hereby incorporated by reference.

     Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information furnished
in response to this Item 2.02 (including the information incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to any of the
liabilities of that section. The Company is NOT incorporating such information
by reference in any registration statement filed by the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933.

ITEM 9.01  EXHIBITS

      (d)  EXHIBITS

           99.1   Press release dated as of August 10, 2006. (The press release
                  may also be found on the Company's website at www.suptech.com
                  on the Investor Relations page.)

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                                   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: August 10, 2006                           By: /s/ William J. Buchanan
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                                                    William J. Buchanan,
                                                    Controller

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