Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
WILLIAMSON JOHN B III
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LUNA INNOVATIONS INC [LUNA]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED, 1 RIVERSIDE CIRCLE, SUITE 400
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/13/2012
(Street)

ROANOKE, VA 24016
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 1.69 (1) 11/13/2012   A   54,356 (2)     (3) 11/13/2022 Common Stock 54,356 $ 0 54,356 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
WILLIAMSON JOHN B III
C/O LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
1 RIVERSIDE CIRCLE, SUITE 400
ROANOKE, VA 24016
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Talfourd H. Kemper Jr. , Attorney -in-Fact   11/15/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The exercise price is equal to the closing price of the issuer's common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of grant, November 13, 2012.
(2) This grant was made pursuant to the issuer's non-employee director compensation policy. The reporting person was initially awarded an option to purchase 120,000 shares of common stock upon his initial election to the issuer's board of directors on January 12, 2010. That option continues to vest through January 12, 2013. The reporting person was subsequently re-elected to the board for a term that continues through the issuer's 2014 annual meeting of stockholders. The number of shares underlying the option grant reported on this Form 4 is equal to 120,000 shares, which would be the grant for a full three-year term, prorated for the number of days between January 12, 2013 and the expected date of the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders.
(3) The option will vest in equal monthly installments of 3,882 shares beginning on February 12, 2013, with a final installment of 8 shares vesting on the date of the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, in each case subject to the reporting person's continued service as a director of the issuer on the applicable vesting date.

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