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Liquidmetal Technologies Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/12/19, at 4:32pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1437749-19-22488   ·   File #:  1-31332

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/12/19  Liquidmetal Technologies Inc      10-Q        9/30/19   62:3.8M                                   RDG Filings/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    425K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
59: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
25: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period         HTML     98K 
                Unaudited)                                                       
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period         HTML     37K 
                Unaudited) (Parentheticals)                                      
42: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     70K 
                Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)                                   
58: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML     79K 
24: R6          Note 1 - Description of Business                    HTML     29K 
17: R7          Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent           HTML     69K 
                Accounting Pronouncements                                        
41: R8          Note 3 - Significant Transactions                   HTML     45K 
60: R9          Note 4 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets  HTML     30K 
52: R10         Note 5 - Inventory                                  HTML     28K 
46: R11         Note 6 - Property and Equipment, Net                HTML     43K 
16: R12         Note 7 - Equipment Held for Sale                    HTML     22K 
37: R13         Note 8 - Patents and Trademarks, Net                HTML     26K 
51: R14         Note 9 - Other Assets                               HTML     22K 
45: R15         Note 10 - Accrued Liabilities                       HTML     33K 
15: R16         Note 11 - Other Long-term Liabilities               HTML     23K 
36: R17         Note 12 - Stock Compensation Plans                  HTML     34K 
50: R18         Note 13 - Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    164K 
                Equity                                                           
47: R19         Note 14 - Loss Per Common Share                     HTML     26K 
22: R20         Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies             HTML     24K 
31: R21         Note 16 - Related Party Transactions                HTML     26K 
62: R22         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     75K 
44: R23         Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent           HTML     51K 
                Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)                               
21: R24         Note 4 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets  HTML     28K 
                (Tables)                                                         
30: R25         Note 5 - Inventory (Tables)                         HTML     28K 
61: R26         Note 6 - Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)       HTML     36K 
43: R27         Note 10 - Accrued Liabilities (Tables)              HTML     29K 
23: R28         Note 13 - Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    160K 
                Equity (Tables)                                                  
29: R29         Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent           HTML     39K 
                Accounting Pronouncements (Details Textual)                      
32: R30         Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent           HTML     53K 
                Accounting Pronouncements - Adoption of New                      
                Accounting Pronouncement (Details)                               
13: R31         Note 3 - Significant Transactions (Details          HTML     80K 
                Textual)                                                         
48: R32         Note 4 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets  HTML     21K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
53: R33         Note 4 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets  HTML     28K 
                - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets                      
                (Details)                                                        
33: R34         Note 5 - Inventory (Details Textual)                HTML     20K 
14: R35         Note 5 - Inventory - Schedule of Inventory          HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R36         Note 6 - Property and Equipment, Net (Details       HTML     36K 
                Textual)                                                         
54: R37         Note 6 - Property and Equipment, Net - Property     HTML     35K 
                and Equipment (Details)                                          
35: R38         Note 7 - Equipment Held for Sale (Details Textual)  HTML     24K 
12: R39         Note 8 - Patents and Trademarks, Net (Details       HTML     30K 
                Textual)                                                         
26: R40         Note 9 - Other Assets (Details Textual)             HTML     20K 
19: R41         Note 10 - Accrued Liabilities (Details Textual)     HTML     29K 
39: R42         Note 10 - Accrued Liabilities - Schedule of         HTML     28K 
                Accrued Liabilities (Details)                                    
56: R43         Note 11 - Other Long-term Liabilities (Details      HTML     21K 
                Textual)                                                         
27: R44         Note 12 - Stock Compensation Plans (Details         HTML     40K 
                Textual)                                                         
20: R45         Note 13 - Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     62K 
                Equity - Changes in Equity (Details)                             
40: R46         Note 14 - Loss Per Common Share (Details Textual)   HTML     32K 
57: R47         Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details    HTML     24K 
                Textual)                                                         
28: R48         Note 16 - Related Party Transactions (Details       HTML     35K 
                Textual)                                                         
38: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    111K 
34: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     47K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lqmt-20190930_lab                     XML    547K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lqmt-20190930_pre              XML    829K 
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55: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001437749-19-022488-xbrl      Zip     93K

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