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Rubicon Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, will report financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 before the market opens.

In conjunction with the release, management will host a conference call at 7:30 a.m. CST on November 3rd to review the

financial results. To participate in the conference call, please dial (888) 679-8040 or (617) 213-4851 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. Callers will need to reference conference ID 26467152.

You may also pre-register online for the conference call at.

www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PUFHUYUWK :

The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at the company’s website: www.rubicon-es2.com/index.html : .

An audio replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call. The audio replay will remain available until 11:59 p.m. November 10, 2009 and can be accessed by dialing (888) 286-8010 or (617) 801-6888 (international). Callers should reference conference ID 98862346. The webcast will be archived on the Company's website.

About RBCN: Rubicon Technology, Inc. is an advanced electronic materials provider that is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling monocrystalline sapphire and other crystalline products for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), blue laser diodes, optoelectronics and other optical applications. The Company applies its proprietary crystal growth technology to produce very high-quality sapphire in a form that allows for volume production of various sizes and orientations of substrates and windows. Rubicon is a vertically-integrated manufacturer with capabilities in crystal growth, high precision core drilling, wafer slicing, surface lapping, large-diameter polishing and wafer cleaning processes, which the Company employs to convert the bulk crystal into products with the quality and precision specified by its customers. The Company is actively developing larger diameter products to support next-generation LED, RFIC and optical window applications.

Further information is available at www.rubicon-es2.com : .


Rubicon Technology, Inc.William WeissmanChief

Financial Officer847-457-3610