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                                 UNITED STATES                                  
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       
                             Washington, D.C. 20549                             
                                                                                
                                      FORM                                      
                                      8-K                                       
                                                                                
                                 CURRENT REPORT                                 
                                                                                
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE                     
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                         
                                                                                
               Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):                
                               November 10, 2022                                
                                                                                
                          INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC.                           
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)               
                                                                                

           Nevada             001-37659       77-0056625     
(State or Other Jurisdiction  (Commission    (IRS Employer   
     of Incorporation)       File Number) Identification No.)



                 1 Jenner                           
                    ,                               
                Suite 200                           
                  Irvine                    92618   
                    ,                               
                California                          
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                                                                
                                       (                                        
                                      805                                       
                                       )                                        
                                    484-8855                                    
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)              
                                                                                
                                 Not Applicable                                 
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)          
                                                                                
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


     Title of each class         Trading      Name of each exchange   
                                Symbol(s)      on which registered    
Common Stock, $0.001 par value    LINK     The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC


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or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) 
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 Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.


On November 10, 2022, Interlink Electronics, Inc.announced its financial 
results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. A copy of the press release 
is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 2.02 of Current Report on Form 8-K andExhibit 
99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed 
"filed" for purposes of Section 18 of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 
"Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor 
shall itbe deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities 
Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forthby specific 
reference in such filing.



 Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



 (d) Exhibits


The following exhibits are filed as partof this Current Report on Form 8-K:


 Exhibit 



 Number  Description



 99.1  Press Release Issued by Interlink Electronics, Inc. dated November 10, 2022.



 104  Cover Page Interactive Data File for this Current Report on Form 8-K (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)



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                                   SIGNATURES                                   

Pursuant to the requirements of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date: November 10, 2022 INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC. 
                                                    
                                                    
                        By:  /s/ Ryan J. Hoffman    
                             Ryan J. Hoffman        
                             Chief Financial Officer





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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

            Interlink ElectronicsReports Third Quarter 2022 Results             

November 10, 2022 6:00 AM PDT

IRVINE, CA - (Business Wire) - Interlink Electronics, Inc.(NASDAQ: LINK), an 
industry-leading trusted advisor and technology partner in the advancing world 
of human-machine interface (HMI) andforce-sensing technologies, today 
announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 
30, 2022. The followingtable sets forth the consolidated financial highlights.


Consolidated Financial Highlights
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data and percentages)


                                        Three months ended                          Nine months ended              
                                           September 30,                              September 30,                
Consolidated                   2022       2021         $         %         2022       2021         $         %     
Financial Results                                                                                                  
Revenue                       $ 1,851    $ 2,223    $  (372 )   (16.7 )%  $ 5,882    $ 5,855    $    27      0.5 % 
Gross                         $   872    $ 1,292    $  (420 )   (32.5 )%  $ 3,065    $ 3,293    $  (228 )   (6.9 )%
profit                                                                                                             
Gross                            47.1 %     58.1 %                           52.1 %     56.2 %                     
margin                                                                                                             
Income (loss)                 $  (190 )  $   259    $  (449 )             $  (323 )  $   332    $  (695 )          
from operations                                                                                                    
Net                           $     6    $   223    $  (217 )             $   260    $   243    $    17            
income                                                                                                             
Net income (loss) applicable  $   (94 )  $   223    $  (317 )             $   (40 )  $   243    $  (283 )          
to common stockholders                                                                                             
Earnings (loss) per           $ (0.01 )  $  0.03    $ (0.04 )             $ (0.01 )  $  0.04    $ (0.05 )          
common share - diluted                                                                                             



 . Revenue in the third quarter of 2022 decreased 17% from the same quarter last   
   year, with lower shipments of our custom products tocustomers in the industrial 
   and consumer markets and lower shipments of our standard products, offset by    
   higher shipments to customersin the medical market. This decline was partly     
   due to an industrial market customer's request to delay shipment on             
   approximately$0.1 million of product to a future quarter. Revenue for the 2022  
   year-to-date period increased 1% from last year, driven by higherdemand of our  
   custom products in the industrial and medical markets, offset by lower orders   
   from our consumer market customers, in particularthe loss of a consumer market  
   customer program that had contributed revenue of approximately $1.3 million     
   in the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2021. The increase in shipments to our    
   medical market customers reflects the easing of pandemic restrictions that      
   previouslydelayed installations of our products in hospitals and medical        
   offices. Fluctuations in shipments of our products to our industrial andconsumer
   market customers are due to variability in timing of order fulfillment          
   resulting from changes in demand levels on correspondingproducts and programs.  



 . Gross margin decreased to 47.1% in the current quarter from        
   58.1% in the year-ago quarter, and to 52.1% for the current        
   year-to-dateperiod from 56.2% in the prior year-to-date period. The
   decreases in gross margin were primarily due to higher materials   
   and componentscosts on certain orders (as impacted by the global   
   chip shortage, which we expect will impact our gross margins       
   through 2023), fluctuationsin production efficiencies in our       
   manufacturing operations, and changes in customer and product mix. 



 . Income/loss from operations was a loss of $190 thousand for the third quarter of 2022, compared with income        
   of $259 thousandin the third quarter of 2021. Income/loss from operations was a loss of $323 thousand for the      
   year-to-date period of the currentyear, compared with income of $332 thousand in the year-to-date period of        
   2021. Operating income/loss in both periods in 2022 wasimpacted by lower gross profit and higher engineering       
   expenses in the current year due to additional employee headcount and increasedcosts on prototyping and development
   activities, and lower engineering expenses in the prior year due to receipt of an incentive researchgrant          
   from the Singapore government. The 2021 year-to-date period also reflects lower selling, general and administrative
   expenses dueto inclusion of a $186 thousand benefit from forgiveness of the PPP loan obtained in 2020.             



 . The Company's net income of $6 thousand in the third quarter of 2022 and   
   $260 thousand in the 2022 year-to-date periodbenefited from gains on       
   marketable securities of $181 thousand and $562 thousand, respectively. The
   Company did not own anymarketable securities in the prior year periods.    







 . Interlink ended the quarter with $3.9 million of cash and cash equivalents and $6.6 million of marketable securities.


"We have invested heavily in executive talent during fiscal 2022in order to 
create the foundation from which Interlink can continue to grow," said Steven 
N. Bronson, Chairman, President, and CEOof Interlink Electronics. "These 
investments, while depressing short term earnings, help create an inflection 
point for Interlinkin terms of growth and profitability which we believe will 
increase the long-term earnings power of the company."

About Interlink Electronics, Inc.

Interlink Electronics is a world-leading trusted provider of HMI, sensor,and 
IoT solutions. In addition to standard product offerings, Interlink utilizes 
its expertise in materials science, manufacturing,firmware, and software to 
produce in-house system solutions for custom applications. For 35 years, 
Interlink has led the printedelectronics industry in the commercialization of 
its patented Force Sensing Resistor(R) technology and has supplied some of the 
world'stop electronics manufacturers with intuitive sensor and interface 
technologies like the VersaPad and the new VersaPad Plus, which boaststhe 
largest active surface area of any resistive touchpad. It also has a proven 
track record of supplying technological solutions formission-critical 
applications in a diverse range of markets-including medical, automotive, 
consumer electronics, telecommunications,and industrial control-providing 
standard and custom-designed sensors that give engineers the flexibility and 
functionally theyseek in today's sophisticated electronic devices. Interlink 
serves an international customer base from its headquarters in Irvine,California
, and world-class materials science lab and R&D center in Camarillo, 
California. They are supported by strategic globallocations covering 
manufacturing, distribution, and sales support. For more information, please 
visit InterlinkElectronics.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-lookingstatements 
include, but are not limited to, the company's views on future financial 
performance, and are generally identified byphrases such as "thinks," 
"anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," and 
similar words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future 
performance andare inherently subject to uncertainties and other factors which 
could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-lookingstatemen
t. These statements are based upon, among other things, assumptions made by, 
and information currently available to, management,including management's own 
knowledge and assessment of the company's industry, R&D initiatives, 
competition and capitalrequirements. Other factors and uncertainties that 
could affect the company's forward-looking statements include, among other 
things,the following: our success in predicting new markets and the acceptance 
of our new products; efficient management of our infrastructure;the pace of 
technological developments and industry standards evolution and their effect 
on our target product and market choices; theeffect of outsourcing technology 
development; changes in the ordering patterns of our customers; a decrease in 
the quality and/or reliabilityof our products; protection of our proprietary 
intellectual property; competition by alternative sophisticated as well as 
generic products;continued availability of raw materials for our products at 
competitive prices; disruptions in our manufacturing facilities; risks 
ofinternational sales and operations including fluctuations in exchange rates; 
compliance with regulatory requirements applicable to ourmanufacturing 
operations; and customer concentrations. Additional factors that could cause 
actual results to differ materially from thoseanticipated by our forward-looking
 statements are under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's 
Discussionand Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in 
our most recent Annual Report (Form 10-K) or Quarterly Report(Form 10-Q) filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are 
made as of the date of this release,and we expressly disclaim any obligation 
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a 
result of new information,future events or otherwise.

Contact:
Interlink Electronics, Inc.
IR@iefsr.com
Steven N. Bronson, CEO
805-623-4184





                          INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC.                           
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS                      
                                  (unaudited)                                   


                                                September 30,     December 31,  
                                                    2022             2021       
                                                       (in thousands)           
ASSETS                                                                          
Current assets                                                                  
Cash and cash equivalents                           $   3,889        $  10,777  
Restricted cash                                             -                5  
Marketable securities                                   6,574                -  
Accounts receivable, net                                  958            1,080  
Inventories                                             1,057              814  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets                 453              391  
Total current assets                                   12,931           13,067  
Property, plant and equipment, net                        196              338  
Intangible assets, net                                     89              131  
Right-of-use assets                                       197              163  
Deferred tax assets                                         8                8  
Other assets                                               39               72  
Total assets                                        $  13,460        $  13,779  
                                                                                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                            
Current liabilities                                                             
Accounts payable                                    $     358        $     338  
Accrued liabilities                                       334              507  
Lease liabilities, current                                144              138  
Accrued income taxes                                      113               54  
Total current liabilities                                 949            1,037  
                                                                                
Long-term liabilities                                                           
Lease liabilities, long-term                               60               37  
Total long-term liabilities                                60               37  
Total liabilities                                       1,009            1,074  
                                                                                
Stockholders' equity                                                            
Preferred stock                                             2                2  
Common stock                                                7                7  
Additional paid-in-capital                             62,567           62,552  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)            (133 )             96  
Accumulated deficit                                   (49,992 )        (49,952 )
Total stockholders' equity                             12,451           12,705  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity          $  13,460        $  13,779  

                                                                                



                                                                                
                          INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC.                           
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS                 
                                  (unaudited)                                   


                                   Three months ended         Nine months ended     
                                      September 30,             September 30,       
                                   2022           2021       2022           2021    
                                               (in thousands, except                
                                                  per share data)                   
Revenue,                          $ 1,851        $ 2,223    $ 5,882        $ 5,855  
net                                                                                 
Cost of                               979            931      2,817          2,562  
revenue                                                                             
Gross                                 872          1,292      3,065          3,293  
profit                                                                              
Operating                                                                           
expenses:                                                                           
Engineering, research                 319            105        912            554  
and development                                                                     
Selling, general                      743            928      2,476          2,407  
and administrative                                                                  
Total operating                     1,062          1,033      3,388          2,961  
expenses                                                                            
Income (loss)                        (190 )          259       (323 )          332  
from operations                                                                     
Other income                                                                        
(expense):                                                                          
Other income                          207             (6 )      704            (25 )
(expense), net                                                                      
Income before                          17            253        381            307  
income taxes                                                                        
Income tax                             11             30        121             64  
expense                                                                             
Net                               $     6        $   223    $   260        $   243  
income                                                                              
                                                                                    
Net income applicable             $   (94 )      $   223    $   (40 )      $   243  
to common stockholders                                                              
Earnings per common share         $ (0.01 )      $  0.03    $ (0.01 )      $  0.04  
- basic and diluted                                                                 
Weighted average common shares      6,603          6,602      6,603          6,601  
outstanding - basic and diluted                                                     





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