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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909791-03-000044
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030721
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030808

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WRIGHT BRUCE R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001227979

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22248
		FILM NUMBER:		03832791

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ULRATECH STEPPER
		STREET 2:		3050 ZANKER ROAD
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ULTRATECH INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909791
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				943169580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 ZANKER RD
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4083218835

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 ZANKER RD
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ULTRATECH STEPPER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930727
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eporting Person's continued period of service following initial vesting date.  Fifty percent (50%) of such option shares become exercisable as follows: Twenty-four percent (24%) of such shares become exercisable upon completion of twenty-four (24) months of service measured from the date of grant, and balance becomes exercisable in a series of thirty-eight (38) monthly installments over Reporting Person's continued period of service thereafter.</footnote><footnote id="F2">The Option was granted in an exempt transaction  pursuant to SEC Rule 16b-3(d).</footnote><footnote id="F3">Amended to show correct Expiration Date.</footnote></footnotes><remarks/><ownerSignature><signatureName>Bruce R. Wright</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-08-08</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

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