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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                                                         
                                   FORM 13F-E                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:    12/31/95                                                                        
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
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    01/31/96                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
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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   146413  3140218 SH       other                                 3140218
ADC Telecommunications         COM              00088610    143528  3932283 SH       other                                 3932283
Adflex Solutions Inc.          COM              006866107      134     5000 SH       sole                   5000            858440
Adflex Solutions Inc.          COM              006866107    22963   858440 SH       other                                        
Adobe Systems Inc              COM              00724F101    11147   179794 SH       other                                  179794
Aeroflex Inc.                  COM              007768104     2241   527240 SH       other                                  527240
Aetrium Inc.                   COM              00817R103      300    15000 SH       sole                  15000            968350
Aetrium Inc.                   COM              00817R103    19367   968350 SH       other                                        
Airtouch Communications        COM              00949T100     1836    65275 SH       other                                   65275
Allen Group Inc                COM              017634106     5504   246000 SH       other                                  246000
Alpha Inc. Inc.                COM              020753109      374    26500 SH       other                                   26500
AMP Incorporated               COM              03189710      8225   215024 SH       other                                  215024
Anadigics Inc.                 COM              032515108     1483    69800 SH       other                                   69800
Applied Digital Access         COM              038181103    18099  1540365 SH       other                                 1540365
Applied Innovation Inc.        COM              037916103     2454   208870 SH       other                                  208870
Applied Science & Tech         COM              038236105     8947   708665 SH       other                                  708665
Applix Inc.                    COM              038316105     2085    76500 SH       other                                   76500
Aseco Corp.                    COM              043659101    15636   947650 SH       other                                  947650
Aspect Telecomm. Corp.         COM              045237104    17348   517852 SH       other                                  517852
Aspen Tech Inc.                COM              045327103      358    10600 SH       other                                   10600
AT&T Co.                       COM              001957109     7350   113516 SH       other                                  113516
Banyan Systems Inc.            COM              066908104      315    30700 SH       other                                   30700
Bay Networks Inc.              COM              072510100     2591    63000 SH       sole                  63000             80257
Bay Networks Inc.              COM              072510100     3301    80257 SH       other                                        
BBN Corp.                      COM              055283105   127877  3109475 SH       other                                 3109475
Boca Research Inc.             COM              096888102     4761   179660 SH       other                                  179660
Boston Tech Inc.               COM              101143303     6801   533408 SH       other                                  533408
Brooks Automation Inc.         COM              11434A100     4612   348100 SH       other                                  348100
Brooktree Corp.                COM              114577109      364    30000 SH       sole                  30000           1968465
Brooktree Corp.                COM              114577109    23868  1968465 SH       other                                        
California Microwave           COM              13044210     25433  1529808 SH       other                                 1529808
Centigram Comms Corp.          COM              152317103       99     5000 SH       sole                   5000           1512803
Centigram Comms Corp.          COM              152317103    29878  1512803 SH       other                                        
CFI Proservices Inc.           COM              12525N100     2925   196606 SH       other                                  196606
Cincinnati Microwave           COM              172167108     3645   810000 SH       sole                 810000           2804768
Cincinnati Microwave           COM              172167108    12621  2804768 SH       other                                        
Cirrus Logic Inc.              COM              172755100      988    50000 SH       sole                  50000            971756
Cirrus Logic Inc.              COM              172755100    19192   971756 SH       other                                        
Cisco System Inc.              COM              17275R102    33424   447895 SH       other                                  447895
Coherent Communications SystemsCOM              192478105      193    10000 SH       sole                  10000             58400
Coherent Communications SystemsCOM              192478105     1124    58400 SH       other                                        
Communication Sciences Inc     COM              203384102        0    24000 SH       other                                   24000
Computer Network Tech Corp.    COM              20492510     10046  2232353 SH       other                                 2232353
Conductus Inc.                 COM              206784100      767   111500 SH       other                                  111500
Cornerstone Imaging Inc.       COM              21922W100      145    10000 SH       sole                  10000           1674365
Cornerstone Imaging Inc.       COM              21922W100    24278  1674365 SH       other                                        
Crosscomm Corp.                COM              22757K104     7261   638300 SH       other                                  638300
Cyberoptics Corp.              COM              232517102      286     7200 SH       other                                    7200
Dallas Semiconductor           COM              235204104    20871  1005855 SH       other                                 1005855
Dialogic Corp.                 COM              252499108    44882  1165765 SH       other                                 1165765
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
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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
                                                                                                                                  
Digital Link Corp.             COM              253856108      283    20000 SH       sole                  20000            974100
Digital Link Corp.             COM              253856108    13759   974100 SH       other                                        
Digital Microwave Corp.        COM              25385910     40384  4038359 SH       other                                 4038359
DSC Communications             COM              23331110     93286  2529792 SH       other                                 2529792
Dynatech Corp.                 COM              268138104     4818   283400 SH       other                                  283400
E M P I Inc.                   COM              29158610       128     5000 SH       sole                   5000           3054465
E M P I Inc.                   COM              29158610     77889  3054465 SH       other                                        
Electroglas Inc.               COM              285324109     2026    82700 SH       other                                   82700
Electromagnetic Sci Inc        COM              285397105       66     6000 SH       sole                   6000           1113300
Electromagnetic Sci Inc        COM              285397105    12246  1113300 SH       other                                        
Emulex Corp.                   COM              292475209      103    10000 SH       sole                  10000            466075
Emulex Corp.                   COM              292475209     4777   466075 SH       other                                        
Enron Corporation              COM              293561106      438    11500 SH       other                                   11500
Ericsson L M Tel Co. ADR Cl. B COM              294821400    13367   685480 SH       other                                  685480
Exar Corp.                     COM              300645108    10947   742150 SH       other                                  742150
Executone Information Systems ICOM              301607107       54    23300 SH       other                                   23300
Firefox Communications         COM              318164100    10731   456650 SH       other                                  456650
Flir Systems Inc.              COM              302445101     1548   126400 SH       other                                  126400
FTP Software Inc.              COM              302660105    31535  1087420 SH       other                                 1087420
General Instrument Corp.       COM              37012110      3299   141150 SH       other                                  141150
Glenayre Technologies Inc.     COM              37789910      8507   136661 SH       other                                  136661
Global Village Comm.           COM              37935Q104      484    25000 SH       sole                  25000           1642000
Global Village Comm.           COM              37935Q104    31814  1642000 SH       other                                        
H B O & Company                COM              40410010      5073    66212 SH       other                                   66212
Hooper Holmes Inc.             COM              43910410      2762   339900 SH       other                                  339900
Image Premastering Services LtdCOM              000000000       15    12500 SH       other                                   12500
Imclone Systems Inc.           COM              45245W109      229    30000 SH       sole                  30000            724386
Imclone Systems Inc.           COM              45245W109     5523   724386 SH       other                                        
Incstar Corporation            COM              45337010      4525  1096966 SH       other                                 1096966
Informix Corp.                 COM              456779107      300    10000 SH       sole                  10000            107900
Informix Corp.                 COM              456779107     3237   107900 SH       other                                        
Integrated Health Services Inc.COM              45812C106      648    25900 SH       other                                   25900
Integrated Micro Prods PLC SponCOM              45812R103     7610   411353 SH       other                                  411353
Inter-Tel Inc.                 COM              458372109     3063   198400 SH       other                                  198400
Interim Services Inc.          COM              45868P100     1849    53200 SH       other                                   53200
Intl. Business Machines        COM              45920010      5048    55250 SH       other                                   55250
Itron Inc.                     COM              465741106      169     5000 SH       sole                   5000           1604435
Itron Inc.                     COM              465741106    54150  1604435 SH       other                                        
Keane Inc.                     COM              486665102     3726   168400 SH       other                                  168400
Kronos Inc.                    COM              501052104      238     5000 SH       sole                   5000             67000
Kronos Inc.                    COM              501052104     3183    67000 SH       other                                        
Lattice Semiconductor          COM              518415104    14340   439535 SH       other                                  439535
Level One Communications Inc.  COM              527295109      180    10000 SH       sole                  10000           2331120
Level One Communications Inc.  COM              527295109    41960  2331120 SH       other                                        
LXE Inc.                       COM              502465107       42     5000 SH       sole                   5000            257112
LXE Inc.                       COM              502465107     2153   257112 SH       other                                        
Madge Networks NV              COM              5424G106     56173  1255261 SH       other                                 1255261
Manugistics Group Inc.         COM              565011103     2193   148700 SH       other                                  148700
Mapinfo Corp.                  COM              565105103     1717    85850 SH       other                                   85850
MCI Communications Corp.       COM              552673105     1276    48860 SH       other                                   48860
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
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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
                                                                                                                                  
Medisense Inc.                 COM              584960108     3036    96000 SH       other                                   96000
Medtronic Inc.                 COM              58505510       316     5664 SH       other                                    5664
Merrill Corp.                  COM              59017510       298    18600 SH       other                                   18600
MFS Multimarket Income Trust SBCOM              552737108       65    10000 SH       other                                   10000
MGI Pharma Inc.                COM              55288010      6882  1550594 SH       other                                 1550594
MGIC Investment Corp. (Wisc)   COM              552848103      651    12000 SH       other                                   12000
Micom Communications Corp.     COM              59478P103       38     5000 SH       sole                   5000            316750
Micom Communications Corp.     COM              59478P103     2415   316750 SH       other                                        
Micro Component Tech Inc.      COM              59479Q100     4707   710500 SH       other                                  710500
Micro Linear Corp.             COM              594850109      532    51935 SH       other                                   51935
Microtest Inc                  COM              594941106     2073   207300 SH       other                                  207300
Motorola Inc.                  COM              62007610     12769   224024 SH       other                                  224024
Nellcor Inc.                   COM              640275103     2912    50200 SH       other                                   50200
Netrix Corp.                   COM              641148101      185    40000 SH       sole                  40000            968150
Netrix Corp.                   COM              641148101     4478   968150 SH       other                                        
Network Equipment Technologies COM              641208103     1506    55000 SH       sole                  55000           3288750
Network Equipment Technologies COM              641208103    90030  3288750 SH       other                                        
Norand Corp.                   COM              655421105      353    30000 SH       sole                  30000           1845576
Norand Corp.                   COM              655421105    21686  1845576 SH       other                                        
Norstan Inc.                   COM              656535101     3820   151300 SH       other                                  151300
Northern Telecom Ltd.          COM              665815106     4420   102801 SH       other                                  102801
Norwest Corp.                  COM              66938010       661    20024 SH       other                                   20024
Octel Communications           COM              675724108    41121  1275080 SH       other                                 1275080
Perceptron Inc.                COM              71361F100     6368   286200 SH       other                                  286200
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.      COM              719153108      315    20000 SH       sole                  20000            845300
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.      COM              719153108    13313   845300 SH       other                                        
Picturetel Corp.               COM              720035302      431    10000 SH       sole                  10000           4259163
Picturetel Corp.               COM              720035302   183676  4259163 SH       other                                        
Printronix Inc.                COM              742578107     6097   435500 SH       other                                  435500
Progress Software Corp.        COM              743312100      300     8000 SH       sole                   8000            193200
Progress Software Corp.        COM              743312100     7245   193200 SH       other                                        
Proxim Inc.                    COM              744284100       89     5000 SH       sole                   5000           1523100
Proxim Inc.                    COM              744284100    27035  1523100 SH       other                                        
RF Monolithics Inc.            COM              74955F106       60    10000 SH       sole                  10000            678921
RF Monolithics Inc.            COM              74955F106     4074   678921 SH       other                                        
Sierra Semiconductor           COM              826485104      697    50200 SH       other                                   50200
Softdesk Inc.                  COM              834020109     2301   116500 SH       other                                  116500
Spectrian Corp.                COM              847608106    24719  1110980 SH       other                                 1110980
Sprint Corp.                   COM              85206110       217     5475 SH       other                                    5475
SPSS Inc.                      COM              78462K102     7131   365700 SH       other                                  365700
Stac Inc.                      COM              852323104      144    10000 SH       sole                  10000           1754030
Stac Inc.                      COM              852323104    25214  1754030 SH       other                                        
Stanford Telecommunications    COM              854402104    46792  2103031 SH       other                                 2103031
Storage Tech Corp.             COM              862111200     5143   215434 SH       other                                  215434
Stratacom Inc.                 COM              862683109    69640   947479 SH       other                                  947479
Summa Four Inc.                COM              865628101      268    20000 SH       sole                  20000           1177090
Summa Four Inc.                COM              865628101    15744  1177090 SH       other                                        
Symbol Technologies Inc        COM              871508107     5045   127716 SH       other                                  127716
System Software Assoc.         COM              871839106     2205   101400 SH       other                                  101400
Techne Corp.                   COM              87837710       101     5000 SH       sole                   5000           1531536
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
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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
                                                                                                                                  
Techne Corp.                   COM              87837710     30822  1531536 SH       other                                        
Technology Eighty (80) Inc.    COM              87868P10       110    32601 SH       other                                   32601
Tekelec                        COM              879101103    12420  1182816 SH       other                                 1182816
Telco Systems Inc.             COM              87890410      1328   125000 SH       sole                 125000           4435496
Telco Systems Inc.             COM              87890410     47127  4435496 SH       other                                        
Tellabs Inc.                   COM              87966410    127117  3435599 SH       other                                 3435599
Teradyne Inc.                  COM              88077010      4595   182900 SH       other                                  182900
Transpro Inc.                  COM              893885103      303    28476 SH       other                                   28476
Tylan General Inc.             COM              902169101     6736   549900 SH       other                                  549900
U.S. Robotics Corp.            COM              90338F100    44994   512748 SH       other                                  512748
Uniphase Corp                  COM              909149106      536    15000 SH       sole                  15000            418482
Uniphase Corp                  COM              909149106    14961   418482 SH       other                                        
United Healthcare Corp.        COM              91058110      3813    58325 SH       other                                   58325
Unitrode Corp.                 COM              913283107     2277    80600 SH       other                                   80600
V Mark Software Inc.           COM              928561109      470    50100 SH       other                                   50100
Value Health Inc.              COM              920393105     8553   311029 SH       other                                  311029
Verifone Inc.                  COM              923429104      286    10000 SH       sole                  10000           2789742
Verifone Inc.                  COM              923429104    79856  2789742 SH       other                                        
Vitesse Semiconductor          COM              928497106     8684   681100 SH       other                                  681100
VLSI Technology Inc.           COM              91827010      5090   280850 SH       other                                  280850
Wang Labs Inc.                 COM              93369N109     2608   156900 SH       other                                  156900
Watkins-Johnson Co.            COM              942486101     2101    48018 SH       other                                   48018
Western Digital Corp.          COM              95810210     20901  1169290 SH       other                                 1169290
Williams Companies             COM              969457100     2211    50400 SH       other                                   50400
Xircom                         COM              983922105      248    20000 SH       sole                  20000           2751526
Xircom                         COM              983922105    34050  2751526 SH       other                                        
Zilog Inc.                     COM              989524103     2483    67800 SH       other                                   67800
Zygo Corp.                     COM              989855101     4291   170800 SH       other                                  170800
Cincinnati Microwave Warrants  WARRANT          172167116      700   400000 SH       sole                 400000              4135
Cincinnati Microwave Warrants  WARRANT          172167116        7     4135 SH       other                                        
REPORT SUMMARY                180 DATA RECORDS             2561207            0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED    
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