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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 13F-E
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03/31/96
Institutional Investment Manager:
KOPP INVESTMENT ADVISORS
6600 FRANCE AVENUE SOUTH
SUITE 672
EDINA MN 55435
I REPRESENT THAT I AM AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THIS FORM AND THAT ALL
INFORMATION IN THIS FORM AND THE ATTACHMENTS TO IT IS TRUE, CORRECT
AND COMPLETE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL REQUIRED ITEMS, STATEMENTS
AND SCHEDULES ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF THIS FORM AND THAT THE
SUBMISSION OF ANY AMENDMENT REPRESENTS THAT ALL UNAMENDED ITEMS,
STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES REMAIN TRUE, CORRECT AND COMPLETE
AS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED.
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934.
Name, Title and Telephone Number of Person Submitting Report:
DONALD B. CORNELIUS SECRETARY/TREASURER 612-920-3322
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ DONALD B. CORNELIUS EDINA MN 04/30/96
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT -----VOTING AUTHORITY-----
NAME OF ISSUER -TITLE OF CLASS- --CUSIP-- (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN -MANAGERS- SOLE SHARED NONE
3 Com Corporation COM 885535104 117312 2942006 SH other 2942006
ADC Telecommunications COM 00088610 135636 3931476 SH other 3931476
Adflex Solutions Inc. COM 006866107 68 5000 SH sole 5000 1192790
Adflex Solutions Inc. COM 006866107 16252 1192790 SH other
Adobe Systems Inc COM 00724F101 7425 230244 SH other 230244
Aeroflex Inc. COM 007768104 2512 543225 SH other 543225
Aetrium Inc. COM 00817R103 229 15000 SH sole 15000 1072450
Aetrium Inc. COM 00817R103 16355 1072450 SH other
Airtouch Communications COM 00949T100 2338 75125 SH other 75125
Allen Group Inc COM 017634106 4830 249300 SH other 249300
Alpha Ind. Inc. COM 020753109 1529 176000 SH other 176000
AMP Incorporated COM 03189710 4543 109800 SH other 109800
Anadigics Inc. COM 032515108 2426 116900 SH other 116900
Applied Digital Access COM 038181103 24994 1680262 SH other 1680262
Applied Innovation Inc. COM 037916103 1860 201070 SH other 201070
Applied Science & Tech COM 038236105 12883 844765 SH other 844765
Applix Inc. COM 038316105 3638 103950 SH other 103950
Aseco Corp. COM 043659101 10904 948173 SH other 948173
Aspect Telecomm. Corp. COM 045237104 22621 494452 SH other 494452
Aspen Tech Inc. COM 045327103 1088 25300 SH other 25300
AT&T Co. COM 001957109 6699 109591 SH other 109591
Autodesk Inc COM 052769106 2420 64100 SH other 64100
Avecor Cardiovascular Inc. COM 053547105 3793 278350 SH other 278350
Bachman Info Sys Inc. COM 056359102 2111 252000 SH other 252000
Banyan Systems Inc. COM 066908104 198 26000 SH other 26000
Bay Networks Inc. COM 072510100 1937 63000 SH sole 63000 77860
Bay Networks Inc. COM 072510100 2394 77860 SH other
BBN Corp. COM 055283105 81380 3207087 SH other 3207087
Boca Research Inc. COM 096888102 7201 394600 SH other 394600
Boston Tech Inc. COM 101143303 6840 516208 SH other 516208
Brooks Automation Inc. COM 11434A100 7125 633300 SH other 633300
Brooktree Corp. COM 114577109 270 30000 SH sole 30000 2343765
Brooktree Corp. COM 114577109 21094 2343765 SH other
C P Clare Corp. COM 12615K107 1234 63300 SH other 63300
California Microwave COM 13044210 16207 876050 SH other 876050
Centigram Comms Corp. COM 152317103 109 5000 SH sole 5000 1486603
Centigram Comms Corp. COM 152317103 32519 1486603 SH other
CFI Proservices Inc. COM 12525N100 3651 241406 SH other 241406
Cincinnati Microwave COM 172167108 2835 810000 SH sole 810000 2591989
Cincinnati Microwave COM 172167108 9072 2591989 SH other
Cirrus Logic Inc. COM 172755100 903 50000 SH sole 50000 958806
Cirrus Logic Inc. COM 172755100 17319 958806 SH other
Cisco System Inc. COM 17275R102 40516 873660 SH other 873660
Coherent Communications SystemsCOM 192478105 208 10000 SH sole 10000 57900
Coherent Communications SystemsCOM 192478105 1202 57900 SH other
Communication Sciences Inc COM 203384102 0 24000 SH other 24000
Computer Network Tech Corp. COM 20492510 15105 2685323 SH other 2685323
Conductus Inc. COM 206784100 1926 167500 SH other 167500
Cornerstone Imaging Inc. COM 21922W100 98 10000 SH sole 10000 1775665
Cornerstone Imaging Inc. COM 21922W100 17313 1775665 SH other
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT -----VOTING AUTHORITY-----
NAME OF ISSUER -TITLE OF CLASS- --CUSIP-- (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN -MANAGERS- SOLE SHARED NONE
Crosscomm Corp. COM 22757K104 6954 678400 SH other 678400
Dallas Semiconductor COM 235204104 18514 1007555 SH other 1007555
Dialogic Corp. COM 252499108 51038 1207990 SH other 1207990
Digital Link Corp. COM 253856108 220 20000 SH sole 20000 1677905
Digital Link Corp. COM 253856108 18457 1677905 SH other
Digital Microwave Corp. COM 25385910 34940 3882236 SH other 3882236
DSC Communications COM 23331110 71295 2640554 SH other 2640554
Dynatech Corp. COM 268138104 11795 501900 SH other 501900
E M P I Inc. COM 29158610 92 5000 SH sole 5000 3129610
E M P I Inc. COM 29158610 57507 3129610 SH other
Electroglas Inc. COM 285324109 1052 68400 SH other 68400
Electromagnetic Sci Inc COM 285397105 73 6000 SH sole 6000 1280800
Electromagnetic Sci Inc COM 285397105 15530 1280800 SH other
Emulex Corp. COM 292475209 143 10000 SH sole 10000 639245
Emulex Corp. COM 292475209 9109 639245 SH other
Enron Corporation COM 293561106 406 11000 SH other 11000
Ericsson L M Tel Co. ADR Cl. B COM 294821400 14977 700680 SH other 700680
Exar Corp. COM 300645108 9737 660150 SH other 660150
Executone Information Systems ICOM 301607107 64 23300 SH other 23300
Firefox Communications COM 318164100 12661 1100915 SH other 1100915
First Bank System Inc. COM 31927910 228 3830 SH other 3830
Flir Systems Inc. COM 302445101 1695 138400 SH other 138400
FTP Software Inc. COM 302660105 21122 1724282 SH other 1724282
General Instrument Corp. COM 37012110 4570 169250 SH other 169250
Glenayre Technologies Inc. COM 37789910 11271 294658 SH other 294658
Global Village Comm. COM 37935Q104 372 25000 SH sole 25000 2560062
Global Village Comm. COM 37935Q104 38081 2560062 SH other
H B O & Company COM 40410010 5929 62912 SH other 62912
Hooper Holmes Inc. COM 43910410 2111 248400 SH other 248400
Image Premastering Services LtdCOM 000000000 15 12500 SH other 12500
Imclone Systems Inc. COM 45245W109 263 30000 SH sole 30000 671236
Imclone Systems Inc. COM 45245W109 5873 671236 SH other
Incstar Corporation COM 45337010 6002 1043766 SH other 1043766
Informix Corp. COM 456779107 264 10000 SH sole 10000 127080
Informix Corp. COM 456779107 3352 127080 SH other
Integrated Health Services Inc.COM 45812C106 472 20200 SH other 20200
Integrated Measurement System ICOM 457923100 1184 75800 SH other 75800
Inter-Tel Inc. COM 458372109 3538 195200 SH other 195200
Interim Services Inc. COM 45868P100 2310 60400 SH other 60400
Intl. Business Machines COM 45920010 6575 59100 SH other 59100
Itron Inc. COM 465741106 224 5000 SH sole 5000 1680647
Itron Inc. COM 465741106 75209 1680647 SH other
Keane Inc. COM 486665102 6411 214600 SH other 214600
Kronos Inc. COM 501052104 191 7500 SH sole 7500 123050
Kronos Inc. COM 501052104 3138 123050 SH other
Lattice Semiconductor COM 518415104 12382 436385 SH other 436385
Level One Communications Inc. COM 527295109 278 10000 SH sole 10000 2269782
Level One Communications Inc. COM 527295109 62986 2269782 SH other
LXE Inc. COM 502465107 46 5000 SH sole 5000 280805
LXE Inc. COM 502465107 2597 280805 SH other
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT -----VOTING AUTHORITY-----
NAME OF ISSUER -TITLE OF CLASS- --CUSIP-- (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN -MANAGERS- SOLE SHARED NONE
Madge Networks NV COM 5424G106 48098 1198698 SH other 1198698
Manugistics Group Inc. COM 565011103 2347 185900 SH other 185900
Mapinfo Corp. COM 565105103 2306 192150 SH other 192150
MCI Communications Corp. COM 552673105 1537 50810 SH other 50810
Medisense Inc. COM 584960108 15000 336600 SH other 336600
Medtronic Inc. COM 58505510 363 6084 SH other 6084
MFS Multimarket Income Trust SBCOM 552737108 68 10000 SH other 10000
MGI Pharma Inc. COM 55288010 6681 1484566 SH other 1484566
MGIC Investment Corp. (Wisc) COM 552848103 534 9800 SH other 9800
Micom Communications Corp. COM 59478P103 43 5000 SH sole 5000 341950
Micom Communications Corp. COM 59478P103 2971 341950 SH other
Micro Component Tech Inc. COM 59479Q100 3651 859000 SH other 859000
Micro Linear Corp. COM 594850109 383 41935 SH other 41935
Microtest Inc COM 594941106 1208 172600 SH other 172600
Motorola Inc. COM 62007610 12282 231734 SH other 231734
National Instruments COM 636518102 3479 165650 SH other 165650
Nellcor Inc. COM 640275103 4324 67300 SH other 67300
Netrix Corp. COM 641148101 200 40000 SH sole 40000 1083150
Netrix Corp. COM 641148101 5416 1083150 SH other
Network Equipment Technologies COM 641208103 1671 55000 SH sole 55000 3505748
Network Equipment Technologies COM 641208103 106487 3505748 SH other
Norand Corp. COM 655421105 495 30000 SH sole 30000 2300357
Norand Corp. COM 655421105 37956 2300357 SH other
Norstan Inc. COM 656535101 3976 148300 SH other 148300
Northern Telecom Ltd. COM 665815106 4789 100301 SH other 100301
Norwest Corp. COM 66938010 718 19524 SH other 19524
Octel Communications COM 675724108 61901 1282930 SH other 1282930
On Technology Corp. COM 68219P108 1244 113100 SH other 113100
Perceptron Inc. COM 71361F100 7350 284050 SH other 284050
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. COM 719153108 278 20000 SH sole 20000 1883900
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. COM 719153108 26139 1883900 SH other
Picturetel Corp. COM 720035302 310 10000 SH sole 10000 3951379
Picturetel Corp. COM 720035302 122493 3951379 SH other
Printronix Inc. COM 742578107 7904 433100 SH other 433100
Progress Software Corp. COM 743312100 120 8000 SH sole 8000 309000
Progress Software Corp. COM 743312100 4635 309000 SH other
Project Software & Dev COM 74339P101 3047 79650 SH other 79650
Protocol Systems Inc. COM 74371R106 3716 220200 SH other 220200
Proxim Inc. COM 744284100 126 5000 SH sole 5000 1434200
Proxim Inc. COM 744284100 36034 1434200 SH other
RF Monolithics Inc. COM 74955F106 66 10000 SH sole 10000 706521
RF Monolithics Inc. COM 74955F106 4681 706521 SH other
SDL Inc. COM 784076101 2589 86300 SH other 86300
Sierra Semiconductor COM 826485104 3436 180840 SH other 180840
Smartflex System Inc. COM 83169K108 2922 198100 SH other 198100
Softdesk Inc. COM 834020109 2889 214000 SH other 214000
Software 2000 Inc. COM 834047102 16705 975470 SH other 975470
Spectrian Corp. COM 847608106 24251 1089950 SH other 1089950
Sprint Corp. COM 85206110 200 5275 SH other 5275
SPSS Inc. COM 78462K102 8072 451600 SH other 451600
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT -----VOTING AUTHORITY-----
NAME OF ISSUER -TITLE OF CLASS- --CUSIP-- (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN -MANAGERS- SOLE SHARED NONE
Stac Inc. COM 852323104 105 10000 SH sole 10000 2799030
Stac Inc. COM 852323104 29390 2799030 SH other
Stanford Telecommunications COM 854402104 62943 2098099 SH other 2098099
Storage Tech Corp. COM 862111200 4765 182403 SH other 182403
Stratacom Inc. COM 862683109 67213 1835158 SH other 1835158
Summa Four Inc. COM 865628101 265 20000 SH sole 20000 1234170
Summa Four Inc. COM 865628101 16353 1234170 SH other
Symbol Technologies Inc COM 871508107 4567 130016 SH other 130016
System Software Assoc. COM 871839106 2588 101500 SH other 101500
Techne Corp. COM 87837710 121 5000 SH sole 5000 1619506
Techne Corp. COM 87837710 39273 1619506 SH other
Technology Eighty (80) Inc. COM 87868P10 82 32601 SH other 32601
Tekelec COM 879101103 15192 1227616 SH other 1227616
Telco Systems Inc. COM 87890410 1297 125000 SH sole 125000 4569419
Telco Systems Inc. COM 87890410 47408 4569419 SH other
Tellabs Inc. COM 87966410 154349 3190668 SH other 3190668
Teradyne Inc. COM 88077010 3382 201900 SH other 201900
Truevision Inc. COM 897872107 1715 236600 SH other 236600
Tylan General Inc. COM 902169101 7181 736500 SH other 736500
U.S. Robotics Corp. COM 90338F100 49029 379333 SH other 379333
Uniphase Corp COM 909149106 581 15000 SH sole 15000 566032
Uniphase Corp COM 909149106 21934 566032 SH other
United Healthcare Corp. COM 91058110 3716 60420 SH other 60420
Unitrode Corp. COM 913283107 2541 104800 SH other 104800
V Mark Software Inc. COM 928561109 241 33300 SH other 33300
Value Health Inc. COM 920393105 10387 377709 SH other 377709
Verifone Inc. COM 923429104 420 10000 SH sole 10000 2896792
Verifone Inc. COM 923429104 121665 2896792 SH other
Vitesse Semiconductor COM 928497106 17215 756700 SH other 756700
VLSI Technology Inc. COM 91827010 3828 297350 SH other 297350
Wang Labs Inc. COM 93369N109 13697 576700 SH other 576700
Watkins-Johnson Co. COM 942486101 1620 45318 SH other 45318
Western Digital Corp. COM 95810210 30556 1587322 SH other 1587322
Williams Companies COM 969457100 2483 49300 SH other 49300
Xircom COM 983922105 278 20000 SH sole 20000 2758449
Xircom COM 983922105 38273 2758449 SH other
Zilog Inc. COM 989524103 2278 67500 SH other 67500
Zoll Medical Corp. COM 989922109 2999 255200 SH other 255200
Zygo Corp. COM 989855101 13038 334300 SH other 334300
Cincinnati Microwave Warrants WARRANT 172167116 650 400000 SH sole 400000 1685
Cincinnati Microwave Warrants WARRANT 172167116 3 1685 SH other
REPORT SUMMARY 191 DATA RECORDS 2710087 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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