Superconductor Technologies Announces Timing of Third Quarter 2009 Results Conference...

Superconductor Technologies Announces Timing of Third Quarter 2009 Results
Conference Call

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superconductor
Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SCON) ("STI"), a world leader in the development and
production of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials and associated
technologies, intends to release its third quarter 2009 financial results before
the market opens on Thursday, November 5, 2009. STI will host a conference call
at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, to discuss its third
quarter 2009 financial results. Participating in the call will be Jeff Quiram,
president and chief executive officer; Bill Buchanan, corporate controller; and
Terry White, vice president of worldwide sales.

To listen to the call live, please dial 1-877-941-1848 at least 10 minutes
before the start of the conference. International participants may dial
1-480-629-9722. The conference ID is #4172502. The call is also being webcast
and can be accessed from the "Investor Relations" section of the company's
website at http://www.suptech.com. A telephone replay will be available until
midnight PT on November 9th by dialing 1-800-406-7325 or 1-303-590-3030, and
entering pass code #4172502. A replay will also be available at the web address
above.

About Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI)

STI, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, has been a world leader in HTS
materials since 1987, developing more than 100 patents as well as proprietary
trade secrets and manufacturing expertise. For more than a decade, STI has been
providing innovative interference elimination and network enhancement solutions
to the commercial wireless industry. Now, the company is leveraging its key
enabling technologies, including RF filtering, HTS materials and cryogenics, to
develop applications for advanced RF wireless solutions, power efficient HTS
materials, innovative adaptive filtering and government R&D. For more
information about STI, please visit http://www.suptech.com.

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For further information please contact Investor Relations, invest@suptech.com,
Cathy Mattison of Lippert / Heilshorn & Associates, +1-415-433-3777, for
Superconductor Technologies Inc.