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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000897069-08-000438.txt : 20080214
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080214171034
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897069-08-000438
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20071231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080214

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001141240
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
		IRS NUMBER:				330264467

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25800 COMMERCENTRE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92630
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-511-3651

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010523

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KANG JOHN H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001040095

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31332
		FILM NUMBER:		08618686

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8132872990

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MEDICAL MANAGER CORP
		STREET 2:		3001 N ROCKY POINT DR EAST STE 100
		CITY:			TAMPA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33607
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>1</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001141240</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LQMT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001040095</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KANG JOHN H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>30452 ESPERANZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92688</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Chairman of the Board</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>.77</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-09-20</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>L</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>500000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>.77</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-09-20</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-09-20</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>500000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>500000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option was granted under the 2002 Equity Incentive Plan and vests in five equal annual installments beginning one year
 from the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Curt P. Creely as Attorney-In-Fact for John H. Kang</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-02-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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