0000940180-01-500483.txt : 20011030 0000940180-01-500483.hdr.sgml : 20011030 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000940180-01-500483 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20011026 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000937886 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 364106772 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-04688 FILM NUMBER: 1767086 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC STREET 2: 951 ICE CREAM DR #200 CITY: NORTH AURORA STATE: IL ZIP: 60542 BUSINESS PHONE: 8003236166 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC STREET 2: 951 ICE CREAM DR #200 CITY: N AURORA STATE: IL ZIP: 60542 13F-HR 1 d13fhr.txt OBERWEIS 13F UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2001 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: _______________________________ This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. Address: 951 Ice Cream Dr., Suite 200 North Aurora, IL 60542 Form 13F File Number: 28-4688 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Patrick B. Joyce Title: Executive Vice President Phone: (800) 323-6166 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Patrick B. Joyce North Aurora, IL October 25, 2001 -------------------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manger are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) List of Other Managers reporting for this Manager: [If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.] FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of other Included Managers: ___________________ Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 135 Data Records Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 115,842 (thousandths) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number (s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manger filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] NONE Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. FORM 13F September 30, 2001

Voting Authority ---------------------- Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other Name of Issuer Title of class Cusip (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- A.C.L.N. Ltd. com M01764105 2046 52140 SH SOLE 30000 22140 Abbott Laboratories com 002824100 228 4400 SH SOLE 4400 Actrade Financial Technologies com 00507p102 1404 76425 SH SOLE 40000 36425 AdvancePCS com 00790K109 9141 127350 SH SOLE 115000 12350 Advanced Magnetics, Inc. com 00753P103 184 61100 SH SOLE 60000 1100 Amarin Corp. com 023111107 1840 89700 SH SOLE 60000 29700 Amtech Systems, Inc. com 032332504 99 20000 SH SOLE 20000 Andrx Group com 034553107 6419 98870 SH SOLE 85000 13870 Ansoft Corporation com 036384105 274 30000 SH SOLE 30000 Astropower, Inc. com 04644A101 759 22000 SH SOLE 20000 2000 Axcan com 054923107 983 91875 SH SOLE 80000 11875 Bio-Vascular, Inc. com 090923103 199 40000 SH SOLE 40000 Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. com 09058M103 520 89000 SH SOLE 80000 9000 Biovail Corp. Intl. com 09067K106 371 8000 SH SOLE 8000 Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. com 104576103 2013 266935 SH SOLE 217500 49435 Buca, Inc. com 117769109 224 20000 SH SOLE 20000 Cabot Microelectronics Corp. com 12709p103 959 19845 SH SOLE 6000 13845 Caminus Corp. com 133766105 860 58550 SH SOLE 40000 18550 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. com 140781105 1114 40200 SH SOLE 30000 10200 Caremark RX, Inc. com 141705103 384 23050 SH SOLE 10000 13050 Catapult Communications com 149016107 615 44700 SH SOLE 40000 4700 Central European com 153435102 769 122000 SH SOLE 60000 62000 Chicago Pizza & Brewery com 167889104 839 178500 SH SOLE 120000 58500 Chico's Fas Inc. com 168615102 4431 188145 SH SOLE 150000 38145 Christopher & Banks Corp. com 171046105 1830 60787 SH SOLE 45000 15787 Cima Labs com 171796105 243 4000 SH SOLE 3500 500 Clark/Bardes Holdings, Inc. com 180668105 332 15400 SH SOLE 15400 Closure Medical Corp. com 189093107 635 33000 SH SOLE 30000 3000 Collectors Universe com 19421R101 54 68800 SH SOLE 60000 8800 Comtech Telecommunications Cor com 205826209 414 28100 SH SOLE 24100 4000 Cytyc Corp. com 232946103 2491 92900 SH SOLE 31000 61900 De Rigo SPA ADR com 245334107 616 88000 SH SOLE 80000 8000 Digital Lightwave Inc. com 253855100 317 32300 SH SOLE 28900 3400 Dr. Reddy's Lab ADR com 256135203 771 34650 SH SOLE 10000 24650 Drugmax, Inc. com 262240104 99 20000 SH SOLE 20000 Dynacq International, Inc. com 267919306 301 20000 SH SOLE 20000 E.Funds Corp. com 28224R101 1487 89325 SH SOLE 50000 39325 Ectel Ltd. com M29925100 1022 84850 SH SOLE 60000 24850

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Voting Authority ------------------------ Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other Name of Issuer Title of class Cusip (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- Edge Petroleum com 279862106 157 32000 SH SOLE 30000 2000 Epiq Systems, Inc. com 26882D109 335 13150 SH SOLE 13150 Equity Oil Company com 294749106 90 40000 SH SOLE 40000 FEI Co. com 30241L109 349 16040 SH SOLE 10000 6040 FTI Consulting Inc. com 302941109 841 28600 SH SOLE 25000 3600 Factual Data Corp. com 303094106 220 20000 SH SOLE 20000 Famous Dave's of America com 307068106 1048 110300 SH SOLE 80000 30300 Fibercore, Inc. com 31563b109 953 397000 SH SOLE 300000 97000 First Horizon Pharmaceuticals com 32051K106 1256 48246 SH SOLE 22500 25746 Food Technology Service, Inc. com 344798103 32 23600 SH SOLE 23600 Frenchtex com 357814102 3 25000 SH SOLE 25000 Frequency Electronic, Inc. com 358010106 792 66000 SH SOLE 60000 6000 Ftd.com com 30265F103 285 73900 SH SOLE 47100 26800 General Electric Co. com 369604103 283 7600 SH SOLE 7600 Gentner Communications com 37245J105 2133 117450 SH SOLE 70000 47450 Golden Eagle Minerals, Inc. com 380961102 1 10000 SH SOLE 10000 Hanover Compressor Company com 410768105 504 23310 SH SOLE 9000 14310 Headwaters, Inc. com 42210p102 1972 179300 SH SOLE 120000 59300 Healthtronics, Inc. com 4222l1076 169 30000 SH SOLE 30000 Homestore.com com 437852106 79 10300 SH SOLE 6000 4300 Hot Topic Inc. com 441339108 2216 88300 SH SOLE 80000 8300 Humana Inc. com 444859102 135 11200 SH SOLE 11200 ICT Group com 44929Y101 279 30340 SH SOLE 30000 340 Icon PLC com 45103t107 598 18000 SH SOLE 15000 3000 Integra Lifesciences com 457985208 704 25500 SH SOLE 25000 500 Integrity, Inc. Class A com 45817Y103 317 40910 SH SOLE 40000 910 Interactive Systems Worldwide, com 45840f105 207 50000 SH SOLE 50000 Interlogix com 458763109 949 39200 SH SOLE 30000 9200 Key Production Company, Inc. com 493138101 618 53500 SH SOLE 40000 13500 King Pharmaceuticals Inc. com 495582108 1230 29332 SH SOLE 26666 2666 Labone com 50540L105 880 80000 SH SOLE 70000 10000 Landry's Restaurant com 51508L103 405 27355 SH SOLE 24600 2755 Lumenis, LTD com M40868107 444 22100 SH SOLE 20000 2100 M-Wave, Inc. com 554034108 152 38000 SH SOLE 38000 Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. com 55972F203 190 20000 SH SOLE 20000 Measurement Specialties Inc. com 583421102 109 11000 SH SOLE 8200 2800 Meridian Medical Technologies, com 589658103 844 45000 SH SOLE 45000 Micro General Corp. com 594838302 341 39800 SH SOLE 39800

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Voting Authority -------------------------- Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (X$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- Mitchell Energy com 606592202 311 6200 SH SOLE 6000 200 Multi Color Corp. com 625383104 220 13770 SH SOLE 10000 3770 Neogen com 640491106 1124 78285 SH SOLE 40000 38285 Neoware Systems com 64065P102 358 221100 SH SOLE 100000 121100 Novel Denim Holdings com G6674P109 278 36350 SH SOLE 30000 6350 Occidental Petroleum Corp. com 674599105 548 22529 SH SOLE 22529 Opnet Technologies com 683757108 386 65800 SH SOLE 59800 6000 Optical Communication Producti com 68382T101 241 104000 SH SOLE 100000 4000 Optimal Robotics Corp. com 68388R208 1321 53930 SH SOLE 30000 23930 P.F. Changs China Bistro com 69333y108 2133 59375 SH SOLE 40000 19375 PEC Solutions, Inc. com 705107100 1154 67750 SH SOLE 50000 17750 Panera Bread Co. com 69840W108 2249 64285 SH SOLE 50000 14285 Pemstar, Inc. com 706552106 1244 108200 SH SOLE 80000 28200 Petroquest Energy, Inc. com 716748108 798 158575 SH SOLE 100000 58575 Possis Medical, Inc. com 737407106 135 11500 SH SOLE 10000 1500 Pricesmart, Inc. com 741511109 1177 33630 SH SOLE 20000 13630 Prima Energy Corp. com 741901201 1629 73545 SH SOLE 60000 13545 Qlogic Corp. com 747277101 621 32700 SH SOLE 30000 2700 RPC, Inc. com 749660106 812 65300 SH SOLE 60000 5300 Radware, Ltd. com M81873107 354 40605 SH SOLE 20000 20605 Remington Oil & Gas com 759594302 1902 145335 SH SOLE 100000 45335 Rit Technologies Ltd. com m8215n109 56 35000 SH SOLE 35000 SFBC International, Inc. com 784121105 1599 104830 SH SOLE 64900 39930 Sani Tech Industry Inc. com 801017104 0 11000 SH SOLE 11000 ScanSource, Inc. com 806037107 2374 53000 SH SOLE 50000 3000 Scottish Annunity com G7885T104 1163 76764 SH SOLE 50000 26764 Sento Corp. com 816918106 38 30000 SH SOLE 30000 Sherwood Brands, Inc. com 82437l104 118 20000 SH SOLE 20000 Sicor, Inc. com 825846108 1625 86000 SH SOLE 80000 6000 Skechers USA, Inc. com 830566105 1297 111080 SH SOLE 72000 39080 SonicWall, Inc. com 835470105 748 63000 SH SOLE 55000 8000 Spectralink Corp. com 847580107 423 27000 SH SOLE 25000 2000 Stellent, Inc. com 85856W105 619 43000 SH SOLE 40000 3000 Sungard Data Systems com 867363103 234 10000 SH SOLE 5000 5000 Sunrise Assisted Living com 86768K106 2510 97190 SH SOLE 64000 33190 Suprema Specialties, Inc. com 86859f107 2814 288000 SH SOLE 210000 78000 Synplicity, Inc. com 87160Y108 304 54200 SH SOLE 49300 4900 TRC Companies, Inc. com 872625108 831 23000 SH SOLE 11900 11100

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Voting Authority --------------------------- Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (X$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- TTI Team Telecom com m88258104 398 33000 SH SOLE 30000 3000 Talx Corporation com 874915105 469 22000 SH SOLE 22000 Taro Pharmaceuticals com M8737E108 774 22000 SH SOLE 20000 2000 Teknowledge Corp. com 878919208 278 79350 SH SOLE 40000 39350 Telular Corp. com 87970t208 400 78800 SH SOLE 40000 38800 Thoratec Corp. com 885175307 901 54500 SH SOLE 50000 4500 Tripos, Inc. com 896928108 472 27430 SH SOLE 20000 7430 U.S. Energy Systems, Inc. com 902951102 210 50000 SH SOLE 50000 U.S. Laboratories com 90333T105 692 76155 SH SOLE 40000 36155 US-China Industrial com 90329w302 101 12000 SH SOLE 12000 Utek Corporation com 91759p106 133 18000 SH SOLE 18000 Vans, Inc. com 921930103 172 15000 SH SOLE 15000 Verisity LTD. com M97385112 401 55000 SH SOLE 50000 5000 ViaSat Inc. com 92552V100 981 55000 SH SOLE 50000 5000 Vimpel Communications com 68370R109 296 18000 SH SOLE 15000 3000 Vintage Petroleum com 927460105 1016 64100 SH SOLE 50000 14100 Virage Logic Corp. com 92763R104 700 64000 SH SOLE 60000 4000 Walgreen Company com 931422109 275 8000 SH SOLE 8000 Waste Connections, Inc. com 941053100 594 22000 SH SOLE 20000 2000 Wilson Greatbatch Tech com 972232102 1172 40000 SH SOLE 37000 3000 Zevex International, Inc. com 98950E400 253 110000 SH SOLE 110000 REPORT SUMMARY 135 DATA RECORDS 115842 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED

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