ENERGOUS CORPORATION
3590 North First Street, Suite 210
San Jose, CA 95134
December 14, 2021
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| Attention: | Erin Donahue | |
| Re: | Energous Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-261087) filed November 15, 2021. | |
Requested Date: December 16, 2021
Requested Time: 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Energous Corporation (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to declare the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such later time as the Registrant may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Commission.
The Registrant hereby authorizes Mark A. Leahy or Amanda L. Rose, both of whom are attorneys with the Registrant’s outside legal counsel, Fenwick & West LLP, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
The Registrant requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Leahy at (650)-335-7682 or, in his absence, to Ms. Rose at (206) 389-4553.
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| Sincerely, | ||
| ENERGOUS CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
/s/ William Mannina | |
| William Mannina | ||
| Acting Chief Financial Officer | ||
| cc: | Cesar Johnston, Chief Executive Officer |
Energous Corporation
Mark A. Leahy, Esq.
Amanda L. Rose, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP