NEWARK, Del., Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --  Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:   LWLG).  On December 8, 2010 the management team from Lightwave Logic a technology company focused on the development of the Next Generation Electro-Optic Polymer Material Platform for applications in high speed fiber-optic data communications and optical computing hosted a webcast to update shareholders on the company's recent technology and business progress.  

A replay of the webcast including the slide presentation will be available for 60 days from the date of the webcast at the following URL:  http://register.webcastgroup.com/l3/?wid=0841208105487, or at the investor relations section of the company's website.

Highlights of the call are as follows:

• We announced that the company received notice of allowance from the USPTO for Perkinamine™ chromophore architectures and the company's proprietary spacer system, which protects the core of Lightwave's technology.

• We announced the completion of a successful $1,500,000 capital raise that should fund the company through the end of 2011.

• We announced the initiation of a design and evaluation prototype for a new project with Lockheed Martin, a Fortune 500 company that has revenues of $45 billion. 

• We announced a new research collaboration with City University of New York (CUNY) for the design and prototyping of optical devices using our new powerful third-order effect materials that allows light to switch light.

• We announced the filing of  a patent application on Perkinamine NR™ chromophores, which are new advanced third-order materials recently tested by Lehigh University that demonstrated a powerful third-order effect that allows light to switch light for the design of all optical switches and other all optical devices.

• We discussed our status with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) in evaluating Perkinamine NR™ for use in optical limiter applications as well as other defense and government related projects.

• We updated shareholders on progress at The University of Alabama on optimizing the steps to produce high yield commercial quantities of our Next Generation Electro-Optic Materials.

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Lightwave Logic, Inc. is a development stage company that is producing prototype electro-optic demonstration devices and is moving toward commercialization of its high-activity, high-stability organic polymers for applications in electro-optical device markets. Electro-optical devices convert data from electric signals into optical signals for use in high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications systems and optical computers. Please visit the Company's website, www.lightwavelogic.com, for more information.

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