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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                 STATEMENT OF 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940


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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Ciongoli                           Bernard                  M.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

955 Belmont Avenue
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                                    (Street)

North Haledon                      New Jersey           07508
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     Tech Laboratories, Inc. (TCHL)
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

     154-36-6764
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4.   Statement for Month/Year

     2/02
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)
                                    President
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by One Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than One Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock Par Value $.01                                                                      520,000
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
  4(b)(v).


                                                                          (Over)
                                                                  SEC 1474(3-99)





FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                                    10.
                                                                                                          9.        Owner-
                                                                                                          Number    ship
                                                                                                          of        Form
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Employment Agreement                                         Pre-              Common
Stock Option        $.50                                     sently   10/1/03  Stock     100,000          100,000    D
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Employment Agreement                                         Pre-              Common
Stock Option        $.50                                     sently   10/1/03  Stock     100,000          100,000    D
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Employment Agreement                                         Pre-              Common
Stock Option        $.50                                     sently   10/1/03  Stock     100,000          100,000    D
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1996 Incentive                                               Pre-              Common
Stock Option        $.9625   3/1/02   A         50,000       sently    3/1/06  Stock      50,000          100,000    D
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1996 Incentive                                               Pre-              Common
Stock Option        $2.68125 1/30/02  A         37,000       sently    1/2/06  Stock      37,000           74,000    D
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Stock Option                                                 Pre-              Common
Agreement           $2.4375                     46,334       sently   4/24/06  Stock      46,334           46,334    D
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Employment Agreement                                         Pre-              Common
Stock Option        $.43     2/1/02   A        100,000       sently   8/1/06   Stock     100,000          100,000    D
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Explanation of Responses:


/s/ Bernard Ciongoli                                          March 14, 2002
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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