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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001268699-09-000001.txt : 20091209
<SEC-HEADER>0001268699-09-000001.hdr.sgml : 20091209
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20091209121530
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001268699-09-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091122
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091209
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091209

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN BIO MEDICA CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000896747
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				141702188
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		122 SMITH ROAD
		CITY:			KINDERHOOK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12106
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5187588158

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		122 SMITH ROAD
		CITY:			KINDERHOOK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12106

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GOULD MARTIN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001268699

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28666
		FILM NUMBER:		091230451

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		166 HIGH STREET
		CITY:			MULLICA HILL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08062
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    <periodOfReport>2009-11-22</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000896747</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERICAN BIO MEDICA CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ABMC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001268699</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GOULD MARTIN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ABMC ATTN: MELISSA WATERHOUSE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>122 SMITH ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>KINDERHOOK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>12106</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; CSO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Statutory Stock Option</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.5</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-11-22</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2000-06-30</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2009-11-22</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>260000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Option grant was originally issued on 11/22/99 and reported on a Form 3 filed in 2003. The expiration date of 11/22/09 was reported on this filing.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Option grant expired naturally on 11/22/09.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">When option grant was initially issued it vested over 4 years with first 25% vesting on 6/30/2000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The closing price of the Company's common shares on the date of the grant (11/22/99) was $1.63. The closing price of the Company's common shares on 11/23/09 (the trading day immediately following the expiration date of 11/22/09) was $0.14.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Mr. Gould currently has 5 option grants covering a total of 260,000 common shares of the Company. Each of these 5 grants has been previously reported on the appropriate Section 16(a) filing.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Martin R. Gould</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-12-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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