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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Carrazza Michael A.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC [PNBK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO & Chairman of the Board (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP, INC., 900 BEDFORD STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/04/2018 (Street) STAMFORD, CT 06901 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 Common Stock 01/04/2018   J   1,630 (1) A $ 0 7,330 I Solaia Capital Management Profit Sharing Plan FBO Michael A. Carrazza Common Stock 01/04/2018   J   9,781 (2) A $ 0 11,231 D   Common Stock 01/12/2018   A   11,200 (3) A $ 17.85 22,431 D   Common Stock 01/04/2018   J   840,000 (4) D $ 0 2,195,000 I By PNBK Holdings LLC (4)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Carrazza Michael A. C/O PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP, INC. 900 BEDFORD STREET STAMFORD, CT 06901	X	X	CEO & Chairman of the Board

Signatures

/s/ Michael A. Carrazza		02/07/2018
**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)	On January 4, 2018, PNBK Holdings LLC ("Holdings") conducted an in-kind distribution (the "In-Kind Distribution") of shares of restricted common stock of the Issuer to shareholders of Holdings. Solaia Capital Management Profit Sharing Plan FBO Michael A. Carrazza received 1,630 shares of common stock in the In-Kind Distribution.
(2)	On January 4, 2018, the Reporting Person received 9,781 shares of common stock in the In-Kind Distribution.
(3)	On January 12, 2018, the Reporting Person was granted 11,200 shares of restricted common stock of the Issuer, which will vest quarterly in equal installments over a four-year period commencing from January 1, 2018, under the Issuer's 2012 Stock Plan, as amended. As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person directly owned a total of 22,431 shares of common stock of the Issuer.
(4)	On January 4, 2018, Holdings distributed an aggregate number of 840,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Issuer in the In-Kind Distribution. The Reporting Person is the managing member of PNBK Sponsor LLC, which is the managing member of Holdings; therefore, the Reporting Person may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the shares directly owned by Holdings. The number of shares reported hereunder does not include 325,000 shares owned by Holdings with respect to which Fabrizio Bentivoglio has sole voting and dispositive power.

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