0001571049-17-005344.txt : 20170628 0001571049-17-005344.hdr.sgml : 20170628 20170524171124 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001571049-17-005344 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170524 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APPLIED DNA SCIENCES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000744452 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS SERVICES [7380] IRS NUMBER: 592262718 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 HEALTH SCIENCES DRIVE CITY: STONY BROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 11790 BUSINESS PHONE: 631-240-8800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 HEALTH SCIENCES DRIVE CITY: STONY BROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 11790 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROHEALTH MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010504 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DCC ACQUISITION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990211 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DATALINK CAPITAL CORP/TX/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980306 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

	Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
	50 Health Sciences Drive
	Stony Brook, New York 11790


	May 24, 2017

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

	Re:	Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
		Registration Statement on Form S-3
		Filed May 22, 2017
		File No. 333-218158

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-218158) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that the Company’s Registration Statement will become effective at 3:00 PM, eastern time, on May 26, 2017, or as soon as thereafter as is practicable.

In connection with this request, we acknowledge to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) 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 Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

the Company 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.

Please feel free to direct any questions or comments concerning this request to Merrill M. Kraines, Esq. of Pepper Hamilton LLP at (212) 808-2711.

	APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC.


	By:	/s/ Beth Jantzen
		Name: Beth Jantzen
		Title: Chief Financial Officer