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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 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): September 12, 2006


                        Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc.
             (Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Delaware                      1-14120                  52-1611421
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


                One Jake Brown Road, Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 679-4000


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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ITEM 1.01.  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

     On September  12, 2006,  Blonder  Tongue  Investment  Company  ("BTIC"),  a
wholly-owned  subsidiary of Blonder Tongue  Laboratories,  Inc. (the "Company"),
entered into a Patent Purchase  Agreement  ("Purchase  Agreement") with Moonbeam
L.L.C. ("Moonbeam").  Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, upon closing, Moonbeam
will pay to BTIC a total of Two Million  Dollars  ($2,000,000)  as the  purchase
price for certain patent applications,  provisional patent applications, patents
and  related  foreign  patents  and  applications  (collectively,   the  "Patent
Rights").  The Patent Rights deal primarily with  Interdiction  product lines in
the Addressable Subscriber category of equipment.

     Under the terms of the Purchase  Agreement,  upon closing and  concurrently
with the sale of the Patent Rights to Moonbeam,  Blonder Tongue, its affiliates,
and  its  authorized  agents  will be  granted  a  royalty-free,  non-exclusive,
non-sublicenseable,  worldwide  right and  license to use the  Patent  Rights to
make, use,  distribute,  lease, sell, import,  export,  develop,  dispose of and
exploit any products covered by the Patent Rights. Further,  Blonder Tongue will
be  permitted  to  transfer  its  license  rights  to  a  purchaser  of  all  or
substantially  all of the operating  assets of certain  Blonder Tongue  business
lines.  Still  further,  Blonder  Tongue  (and a  successor)  will be  granted a
non-exclusive  right to use the inventions and  discoveries  described in any of
the  patents  for the  purpose  of  further  research  and  development  of such
inventions and discoveries in connection with Blonder Tongue's business.

     The  Purchase  Agreement  is  subject to certain  customary  conditions  to
closing,  including  satisfactory  completion of  documentation.  The closing is
anticipated  to occur  within  thirty days  following  execution of the Purchase
Agreement.

     The  foregoing  description  of the Purchase  Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by  reference  to the  complete  terms and  conditions  of the Purchase
Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)   The following exhibits are filed herewith:

         Exhibit 99.1               Patent Purchase Agreement



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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This  report  contains  forward-looking  statements  within  the  meaning of The
Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are neither
promises nor guarantees, are based upon assumptions and estimates that might not
be realized and are subject to risks and  uncertainties  that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These
risks and  uncertainties  include,  but are not  limited  to,  the timing of the
closing for the sale of the Patent  Rights to Moonbeam,  if at all.  There are a
number  of  factors  that  may  cause  actual   results  to  differ  from  these
forward-looking  statements,  including  the  success  of  marketing  and  sales
strategies and new product development,  the price of raw materials, and general
economic  and  business  conditions.  Other  risks  and  uncertainties  that may
materially  affect the Company are provided in the Company's  annual  reports to
shareholders  and the Company's  periodic  reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission from time to time, including reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
Please refer to these  documents  for a more thorough  description  of these and
other risk factors.




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                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant  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.

                                    BLONDER TONGUE LABORATORIES, INC.



                                    By:  /s/ Eric Skolnik 
                                         Eric Skolnik
                                         Senior Vice President
                                         and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 18, 2006






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