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Lightwave Logic, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 8/10/20, at 4:20pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1553350-20-723   ·   File #:  0-52567

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

 8/10/20  Lightwave Logic, Inc.             10-Q        6/30/20   58:3.8M                                   Edgar Filing LLC/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    507K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the        HTML     18K 
                Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 18 U.S.C. Section 1350                
 5: EX-32.2     Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the        HTML     18K 
                Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 18 U.S.C. Section 1350                
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     66K 
13: R2          Balance Sheets                                      HTML     99K 
14: R3          Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)                      HTML     34K 
15: R4          Statements of Operations (Unaudited)                HTML     53K 
16: R5          Statement of Stockholders' Equity                   HTML     63K 
17: R6          Statements of Cash Flow (Unaudited)                 HTML     83K 
18: R7          Nature of Business and Summary of Significant       HTML     28K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
19: R8          Management's Plans                                  HTML     20K 
20: R9          Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     34K 
21: R10         Property and Equipment                              HTML     35K 
22: R11         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     29K 
23: R12         Long Term Equipment Purchase Payable                HTML     33K 
24: R13         Commitments                                         HTML     34K 
25: R14         Ppp Advance                                         HTML     20K 
26: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     22K 
27: R16         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     26K 
28: R17         Stock Based Compensation                            HTML     65K 
29: R18         Related Party                                       HTML     21K 
30: R19         Retirement Plan                                     HTML     23K 
31: R20         Nature of Business and Summary of Significant       HTML     40K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
32: R21         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)  HTML     34K 
33: R22         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     34K 
34: R23         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     28K 
35: R24         Long Term Equipment Purchase Payable (Tables)       HTML     32K 
36: R25         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     29K 
37: R26         Stock Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     64K 
38: R27         Management's Plans (Details)                        HTML     20K 
39: R28         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     33K 
                (Schedule of Prepaid expenses and other current                  
                assets consist) (Details)                                        
40: R29         Property and Equipment (Schedule of Equipment)      HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R30         Property and Equipment (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     19K 
42: R31         Intangible Assets (Schedule of Patents) (Details)   HTML     24K 
43: R32         Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     27K 
44: R33         Long Term Equipment Purchase Payable (Schedule of   HTML     26K 
                Outstanding Long Term Equipment Purchase Payable                 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R34         Commitments (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     53K 
46: R35         Commitments (Schedule of Future Lease Payments of   HTML     34K 
                Operating Leases) (Details)                                      
47: R36         Ppp Advance (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     20K 
48: R37         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     46K 
49: R38         Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     57K 
50: R39         Stock Based Compensation (Schedule of Stock-based   HTML     26K 
                Compensation Plans) (Details)                                    
51: R40         Stock Based Compensation (Schedule of Stock Option  HTML     67K 
                and Warrant Outstanding and Exercisable) (Details)               
52: R41         Stock Based Compensation (Summary of Stock Option   HTML     33K 
                and Warrant Outstanding) (Details)                               
53: R42         Related Party (Details)                             HTML     40K 
54: R43         Retirement Plan (Narrative) (Details)               HTML     19K 
56: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    100K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- lwlg10q0620_htm                     XML    696K 
55: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     57K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- lwlg-20200630_cal               XML    101K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- lwlg-20200630_def                XML    291K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lwlg-20200630_lab                     XML    622K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lwlg-20200630_pre              XML    520K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- lwlg-20200630                         XSD    119K 
57: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              228±   320K 
58: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001553350-20-000723-xbrl      Zip    142K

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