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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 13F-E
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 06/30/96
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 07/26/96
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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 132665 2899771 SH other 2899771
ADC Telecommunications COM 000886101 173507 3855711 SH other 3855711
AMP Incorporated COM 031897101 984 24520 SH other 24520
AT&T Co. COM 001957109 6214 100231 SH other 100231
Adac Labs COM 005313200 1181 51900 SH other 51900
Adflex Solutions Inc. COM 006866107 55 5000 SH sole 5000 1179590
Adflex Solutions Inc. COM 006866107 12975 1179590 SH other
Adobe Systems Inc COM 00724F101 8274 230624 SH other 230624
Advanced Technology Labs COM 00755N106 18427 504850 SH other 504850
Aeroflex Inc. COM 007768104 3287 536575 SH other 536575
Aetrium Inc. COM 00817R103 270 15000 SH sole 15000 1079950
Aetrium Inc. COM 00817R103 19439 1079950 SH other
Airtouch Communications COM 00949T100 2207 78125 SH other 78125
Allen Group Inc COM 017634106 5222 240100 SH other 240100
Alpha Ind. Inc. COM 020753109 133 15000 SH sole 15000 164740
Alpha Ind. Inc. COM 020753109 1462 164740 SH other
Anadigics Inc. COM 032515108 3783 129900 SH other 129900
Applied Digital Access COM 038181103 630 60000 SH sole 60000 2275612
Applied Digital Access COM 038181103 23894 2275612 SH other
Applied Innovation Inc. COM 037916103 2009 184770 SH other 184770
Applied Microsystems Corp. COM 037935103 6449 368500 SH other 368500
Applied Science & Tech COM 038236105 10146 845515 SH other 845515
Applix Inc. COM 038316105 3334 115950 SH other 115950
Aseco Corp. COM 043659101 9103 921873 SH other 921873
Aspect Telecomm. Corp. COM 045237104 22391 452352 SH other 452352
Aspen Tech Inc. COM 045327103 1331 24200 SH other 24200
Autodesk Inc COM 052769106 2983 99850 SH other 99850
Avecor Cardiovascular Inc. COM 053547105 390 30000 SH sole 30000 595250
Avecor Cardiovascular Inc. COM 053547105 7738 595250 SH other
BBN Corp. COM 055283105 69251 3183945 SH other 3183945
Bachman Info Sys Inc. COM 056359102 2462 345600 SH other 345600
Banyan Systems Inc. COM 066908104 144 19800 SH other 19800
Bay Networks Inc. COM 072510100 773 30000 SH sole 30000 68275
Bay Networks Inc. COM 072510100 1758 68275 SH other
Boca Research Inc. COM 096888102 8021 439500 SH other 439500
Boston Tech Inc. COM 101143303 8222 487258 SH other 487258
Brooks Automation Inc. COM 11434A100 575 50000 SH sole 50000 755000
Brooks Automation Inc. COM 11434A100 8683 755000 SH other
Brooktree Corp. COM 114577109 315 30000 SH sole 30000 2291530
Brooktree Corp. COM 114577109 24061 2291530 SH other
C P Clare Corp. COM 12615K107 1990 77300 SH other 77300
CFI Proservices Inc. COM 12525N100 6041 236906 SH other 236906
California Microwave COM 130442106 1734 113700 SH other 113700
Celeritek Inc. COM 150926103 1091 99200 SH other 99200
Centigram Comms Corp. COM 152317103 79 5000 SH sole 5000 1426383
Centigram Comms Corp. COM 152317103 22644 1426383 SH other
Cincinnati Microwave COM 172167108 2936 810000 SH sole 810000 2605296
Cincinnati Microwave COM 172167108 9444 2605296 SH other
Cirrus Logic Inc. COM 172755100 70 4000 SH sole 4000 790896
Cirrus Logic Inc. COM 172755100 13841 790896 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
Cisco System Inc. COM 17275R102 42504 750618 SH other 750618
Coherent Communications SystemsCOM 192478105 213 10000 SH sole 10000 91600
Coherent Communications SystemsCOM 192478105 1947 91600 SH other
Communication Sciences Inc COM 203384102 0 24000 SH other 24000
Computer Network Tech Corp. COM 204925101 19124 2684023 SH other 2684023
Conductus Inc. COM 206784100 159 15000 SH sole 15000 280000
Conductus Inc. COM 206784100 2975 280000 SH other
Cornerstone Imaging Inc. COM 21922W100 75 10000 SH sole 10000 1744265
Cornerstone Imaging Inc. COM 21922W100 13082 1744265 SH other
Crosscomm Corp. COM 22757K104 205 20000 SH sole 20000 704000
Crosscomm Corp. COM 22757K104 7216 704000 SH other
Cyberoptics Corp. COM 232517102 863 55650 SH other 55650
DSC Communications COM 233311109 80107 2659154 SH other 2659154
Dallas Semiconductor COM 235204104 16748 924005 SH other 924005
Dataworks Corp. COM 237924105 1356 76400 SH other 76400
Dialogic Corp. COM 252499108 68833 1154440 SH other 1154440
Digital Link Corp. COM 253856108 680 40000 SH sole 40000 2028055
Digital Link Corp. COM 253856108 34477 2028055 SH other
Digital Microwave Corp. COM 253859102 52596 3163676 SH other 3163676
Dynatech Corp. COM 268138104 18590 572000 SH other 572000
E M P I Inc. COM 291586105 260 20000 SH sole 20000 3103510
E M P I Inc. COM 291586105 40346 3103510 SH other
Electro Scientific Ind. COM 285229100 298 14200 SH other 14200
Electroglas Inc. COM 285324109 1043 73200 SH other 73200
Electromagnetic Sci Inc COM 285397105 219 15000 SH sole 15000 1314900
Electromagnetic Sci Inc COM 285397105 19230 1314900 SH other
Emulex Corp. COM 292475209 146 10000 SH sole 10000 642245
Emulex Corp. COM 292475209 9393 642245 SH other
Enron Corporation COM 293561106 421 10300 SH other 10300
Ericsson L M Tel Co. ADR Cl. B COM 294821400 14417 670580 SH other 670580
Exar Corp. COM 300645108 7212 554800 SH other 554800
Executone Information Systems ICOM 301607107 35 13300 SH other 13300
FTP Software Inc. COM 302660105 13937 1689282 SH other 1689282
Firefox Communications COM 318164100 8128 1083705 SH other 1083705
Flir Systems Inc. COM 302445101 1855 151400 SH other 151400
General Instrument Corp. COM 370121105 5056 175100 SH other 175100
General Scanning Inc. COM 370737108 2816 165650 SH other 165650
Glenayre Technologies Inc. COM 377899109 15618 312366 SH other 312366
Global Village Comm. COM 37935Q104 206 25000 SH sole 25000 2957512
Global Village Comm. COM 37935Q104 24399 2957512 SH other
H B O & Company COM 404100109 7276 107396 SH other 107396
Hooper Holmes Inc. COM 439104100 1348 101750 SH other 101750
Image Premastering Services LtdCOM 000000000 15 12500 SH other 12500
Imclone Systems Inc. COM 45245W109 274 30000 SH sole 30000 655036
Imclone Systems Inc. COM 45245W109 5977 655036 SH other
Incstar Corporation COM 453370108 5338 970503 SH other 970503
Informix Corp. COM 456779107 225 10000 SH sole 10000 196780
Informix Corp. COM 456779107 4428 196780 SH other
Integrated Health Services Inc.COM 45812C106 240 10100 SH other 10100
Integrated Measurement System ICOM 457923100 5637 218900 SH other 218900
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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
Inter-Tel Inc. COM 458372109 5209 198900 SH other 198900
Interim Services Inc. COM 45868P100 2683 62400 SH other 62400
Intl. Business Machines COM 459200101 5643 57000 SH other 57000
Itron Inc. COM 465741106 142 5000 SH sole 5000 1787787
Itron Inc. COM 465741106 50728 1787787 SH other
Keane Inc. COM 486665102 8194 222200 SH other 222200
Key Technology Inc. COM 493143101 5071 209100 SH other 209100
Kronos Inc. COM 501052104 266 7500 SH sole 7500 119500
Kronos Inc. COM 501052104 4242 119500 SH other
LXE Inc. COM 502465107 53 5000 SH sole 5000 273205
LXE Inc. COM 502465107 2903 273205 SH other
Lattice Semiconductor COM 518415104 10878 450885 SH other 450885
Level One Communications Inc. COM 527295109 198 10000 SH sole 10000 2247882
Level One Communications Inc. COM 527295109 44396 2247882 SH other
MCI Communications Corp. COM 552673105 1105 43115 SH other 43115
MFS Multimarket Income Trust SBCOM 552737108 70 10000 SH other 10000
MGI Pharma Inc. COM 552880106 7273 1212158 SH other 1212158
MGIC Investment Corp. (Wisc) COM 552848103 522 9300 SH other 9300
Madge Networks NV COM 5424G106 17034 1174743 SH other 1174743
Manugistics Group Inc. COM 565011103 4830 284100 SH other 284100
Mapinfo Corp. COM 565105103 105 10000 SH sole 10000 264400
Mapinfo Corp. COM 565105103 2776 264400 SH other
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 324 5784 SH other 5784
Meta-Software Inc. COM 591003108 662 38400 SH other 38400
Micro Component Tech Inc. COM 59479Q100 3123 861500 SH other 861500
Micro Linear Corp. COM 594850109 307 40935 SH other 40935
Microtest Inc COM 594941106 79 10000 SH sole 10000 277400
Microtest Inc COM 594941106 2185 277400 SH other
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 14083 224424 SH other 224424
National Instruments COM 636518102 4742 210750 SH other 210750
Nellcor Inc. COM 640275103 8483 174900 SH other 174900
Netrix Corp. COM 641148101 740 80000 SH sole 80000 1344150
Netrix Corp. COM 641148101 12433 1344150 SH other
Network Equipment Technologies COM 641208103 1488 70000 SH sole 70000 3599588
Network Equipment Technologies COM 641208103 76491 3599588 SH other
Norand Corp. COM 655421105 1000 50000 SH sole 50000 2315707
Norand Corp. COM 655421105 46314 2315707 SH other
Norstan Inc. COM 656535101 5152 138300 SH other 138300
Northern Telecom Ltd. COM 665815106 4973 91451 SH other 91451
Norwest Corp. COM 66938010 639 18324 SH other 18324
Octel Communications COM 675724108 50556 2559790 SH other 2559790
On Technology Corp. COM 68219P108 1746 170300 SH other 170300
Perceptron Inc. COM 71361F100 9767 267600 SH other 267600
Phamis Inc. COM 717101109 9673 655800 SH other 655800
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. COM 719153108 670 40000 SH sole 40000 2663500
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. COM 719153108 44614 2663500 SH other
Photon Dynamics Inc. COM 719364101 2950 310500 SH other 310500
Picturetel Corp. COM 720035302 394 10000 SH sole 10000 3855626
Picturetel Corp. COM 720035302 151815 3855626 SH other
Printronix Inc. COM 742578107 9848 630300 SH other 630300
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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
Progress Software Corp. COM 743312100 4906 299600 SH other 299600
Project Software & Dev COM 74339P101 6330 135050 SH other 135050
Protocol Systems Inc. COM 74371R106 460 20000 SH sole 20000 827700
Protocol Systems Inc. COM 74371R106 19037 827700 SH other
Proxim Inc. COM 744284100 201 5000 SH sole 5000 1079150
Proxim Inc. COM 744284100 43436 1079150 SH other
Quickturn Design Systems COM 74838E102 2878 198500 SH other 198500
RF Monolithics Inc. COM 74955F106 170 20000 SH sole 20000 706421
RF Monolithics Inc. COM 74955F106 6005 706421 SH other
SDL Inc. COM 784076101 4630 166850 SH other 166850
SPSS Inc. COM 78462K102 11315 452600 SH other 452600
Sierra Semiconductor COM 826485104 2843 244540 SH other 244540
Smartflex System Inc. COM 83169K108 3873 258200 SH other 258200
Softdesk Inc. COM 834020109 1961 206400 SH other 206400
Software 2000 Inc. COM 834047102 18788 1165170 SH other 1165170
Spectrian Corp. COM 847608106 15116 1060750 SH other 1060750
Sprint Corp. COM 85206110 222 5275 SH other 5275
Stac Inc. COM 852323104 113 10000 SH sole 10000 3205130
Stac Inc. COM 852323104 36058 3205130 SH other
Stanford Telecommunications COM 854402104 116715 2074939 SH other 2074939
Steris Corp. COM 859152100 2666 83300 SH other 83300
Storage Tech Corp. COM 862111200 3335 84962 SH other 84962
Stratacom Inc. COM 862683109 95873 1704411 SH other 1704411
Summa Four Inc. COM 865628101 278 20000 SH sole 20000 1187670
Summa Four Inc. COM 865628101 16479 1187670 SH other
Symbol Technologies Inc COM 871508107 6124 137616 SH other 137616
Synopsys Inc. COM 871607107 2294 57700 SH other 57700
System Software Assoc. COM 871839106 1882 110700 SH other 110700
Techne Corp. COM 878377100 146 5000 SH sole 5000 1614128
Techne Corp. COM 878377100 47213 1614128 SH other
Technology Eighty (80) Inc. COM 87868P102 90 32601 SH other 32601
Tekelec COM 879101103 14317 1090816 SH other 1090816
Telco Systems Inc. COM 878904101 3400 200000 SH sole 200000 4689019
Telco Systems Inc. COM 878904101 79713 4689019 SH other
Tellabs Inc. COM 879664100 183377 2742082 SH other 2742082
Teradyne Inc. COM 880770102 3426 198600 SH other 198600
Truevision Inc. COM 897872107 75 10000 SH sole 10000 409700
Truevision Inc. COM 897872107 3073 409700 SH other
Tylan General Inc. COM 902169101 199 15000 SH sole 15000 756900
Tylan General Inc. COM 902169101 10029 756900 SH other
U.S. Robotics Corp. COM 90338F100 47759 558584 SH other 558584
Uniphase Corp COM 909149106 1065 30000 SH sole 30000 1133914
Uniphase Corp COM 909149106 40254 1133914 SH other
United Healthcare Corp. COM 910581107 3339 66120 SH other 66120
Unitrode Corp. COM 913283107 1943 100300 SH other 100300
V Mark Software Inc. COM 928561109 183 20000 SH sole 20000 219200
V Mark Software Inc. COM 928561109 2000 219200 SH other
VLSI Technology Inc. COM 918270109 4081 294150 SH other 294150
Value Health Inc. COM 920393105 9285 393009 SH other 393009
Verifone Inc. COM 923429104 423 10000 SH sole 10000 2933792
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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
Verifone Inc. COM 923429104 123953 2933792 SH other
Vitesse Semiconductor COM 928497106 17328 722000 SH other 722000
Wang Labs Inc. COM 93369N109 14974 793300 SH other 793300
Watkins-Johnson Co. COM 942486101 973 35538 SH other 35538
Western Digital Corp. COM 958102105 1045 40000 SH sole 40000 2598552
Western Digital Corp. COM 958102105 67887 2598552 SH other
Williams Companies COM 969457100 2354 47550 SH other 47550
Xircom COM 983922105 590 40000 SH sole 40000 2715149
Xircom COM 983922105 40048 2715149 SH other
Zilog Inc. COM 989524103 1721 71700 SH other 71700
Zoll Medical Corp. COM 989922109 320 20000 SH sole 20000 513400
Zoll Medical Corp. COM 989922109 8214 513400 SH other
Zygo Corp. COM 989855101 15641 357500 SH other 357500
Cincinnati Microwave Warrants WARRANT 172167116 900 400000 SH sole 400000 150
Cincinnati Microwave Warrants WARRANT 172167116 0 150 SH other
REPORT SUMMARY 215 DATA RECORDS 3037059 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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