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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CALDWELL DONALD R   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Rubicon Technology, Inc. [RBCN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC.,, 900 EAST GREEN ST., UNIT A 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/30/2017 (Street) BENSENVILLE, IL 60106 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/30/2017   A   1,228 (1) A $ 0 13,900 D (2)   Common Stock               221,784 (3) (4) I See footnotes (3) (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CALDWELL DONALD R C/O RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC., 900 EAST GREEN ST., UNIT A BENSENVILLE, IL 60106	X

Signatures

/s/ Mardel A. Graffy, Attorney-in-Fact		10/03/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On September 30, 2017, the Reporting Person received shares of restricted stock under the Rubicon Technology, Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, as compensation for service as a Director. Such shares will vest 30 days from the transaction date.
(2)	Under the terms of the applicable partnership agreements of the Funds (as defined below), the Reporting Person is deemed to hold the newly acquired shares plus an additional 11,962 shares (for a total of 13,190 shares), for the benefit of the Funds, which are entitled to receive the net economic benefit of the shares as a credit against the management fees owed by the Funds to Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(3)	Consists of shares held by Cross Atlantic Technology Fund, II, L.P. and/or The Co-Investment 2000 Fund, L.P. (the "Funds"). The Reporting Person is the owner and director of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc., which is the investment manager for each of the Funds. The Reporting Person is a director, shareholder and officer of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners II, Inc., which is the general partner of XATF Management II, L.P., which is the general partner of Cross Atlantic Technology Fund II, L.P. The Reporting Person is a shareholder, director and officer of Co-Invest Capital Partners, Inc., which is the general partner of Co-Invest Management, L.P., which is the general partner of The Co-Investment 2000 Fund, L.P. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Funds except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(4)	Cross Atlantic Technology Fund II, L.P. holds 104,769 shares of common stock and The Co-Investment 2000 Fund, L.P. holds 117,015 shares of common stock.

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