Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc.
70 Doppler
Irvine, California 92618
June 18, 2018
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Amanda Ravitz
| Re: | Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 | |
| File No. 333-225570 | |
| Request for Acceleration |
Acceleration Request
Request Date: June 20, 2018
Request Time: 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or as soon thereafter as practicable)
Dear Ms. Ravitz:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby respectfully requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to cause the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-225570), to become effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 20, 2018, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such later time as the Registrant or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Commission. The Registrant hereby authorizes K&L Gates LLP, counsel to the Registrant, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
The Registrant requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Michael A. Hedge at (949) 623-3519, or in his absence, Jason C. Dreibelbis at (949) 623-3543.
| Sincerely, | ||
| HANCOCK JAFFE LABORATORIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert A. Berman | |
| Robert A. Berman | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| cc: | Yury Zhivilo, Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. |
| Bill Abbott, Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. | |
| Michael A. Hedge, K&L Gates LLP |
