CORRESP 1 filename1.txt * ***** **-----** **----- COMPETITIVE ****---- TECHNOLOGIES **===== Unlocking the Potential of Innovation (R) **=====** ***** * (R) Technology Transfer and Licensing Services September 30, 2009 Matt Crispino, Division of Corporate Finance Kevin Dougherty, Division of Corporate Finance Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549-4561 RE: COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1 FILED SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 FILE NO. 333-161216 Gentlemen and Ladies: Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Competitive Technologies, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby requests that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become effective at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on October 1, 2009, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant acknowledges that: - should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; - the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and - the Registrant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. /s/ John Nano John Nano President and Chief Executive Officer