Exhibit 4.1


STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

UNDER THE ATOSSA GENETICS INC.

2010 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN


 


	Name of Optionee:	__________
	No. of Option Shares:	__________	 
	Option Exercise Price per Share:	$_____	 
	Vesting Commencement Date:	_________	 
	Grant Date:	_________	 
	Expiration Date:	__________	 


Pursuant to the Atossa Genetics Inc. 2010
Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Atossa Genetics Inc. (the “Company”)
hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration
Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.18 per share (the “Stock”),
of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein and in the Plan.


1.       Exercisability
Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set
forth below and in any employment agreement between the Company and the Optionee, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator
(as defined in Section 2 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable
with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated:


	Incremental Number of

Option Shares Exercisable	 	Exercisability Date
	 	 	 
	 	 	 


Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall
continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions
hereof and of the Plan.



     


     


    

2.        Manner of Exercise.


(a)        The
Optionee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this
Stock Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option
Shares purchasable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.


Payment of the purchase price for the Option
Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable
to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by
the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under
any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee
delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver
to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event
the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures
and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment
procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.


The transfer to the Optionee on the records
of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Optionee
of the full purchase price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained
herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement
or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise
of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and
regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation
method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the shares
attested to.


(b)        The
shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company
or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or
regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator
as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have
any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option
shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to
the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon,
the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.



     


     


    

 


(c)        The
minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the
number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under
this Stock Option at the time.


(d)        Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, if upon the exercise of this Stock Option, in whole or in part, the
Company cannot deliver any of the Option Shares upon exercise (including, for example, if there are insufficient shares under the
Plan at the time of exercise), then in lieu of tendering the Option Exercise Price and issuance of such Option Shares, the Optionee
shall be permitted to effect a “net exercise” for cash by directing the Company to deliver a dollar amount equal to
the excess, if positive, of the Fair Market Value of the Option Shares being exercised over the Option Exercise Price for such
Option Shares, subject to any necessary tax withholding obligations.


3.        Termination
of Employment. Subject to any contrary provision in the employment agreement with the Optionee, if the Optionee’s employment
by the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Plan) is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may
be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.


(a)        Termination Due to Death. If the
Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on
such date shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee
for a period of 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.


(b)        Termination
Due to Disability. If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s disability (as determined
by the Administrator), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter
be exercised by the Optionee for a period of 12 months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.


(c)        Termination
for Cause. If the Optionee’s employment terminates for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date
shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean, unless
otherwise provided in an employment agreement between the Company and the Optionee, a determination by the Administrator that the
Optionee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any material breach by the Optionee of any agreement between the Optionee and the
Company; (ii) the conviction of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere by the Optionee to a felony or a crime involving moral
turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance (other than by reason of disability) by the
Optionee of the Optionee’s duties to the Company.


(d)        Other
Termination. If the Optionee’s employment terminates for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s
disability, or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such
date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination
or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall
terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.


The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination
of the Optionee’s employment shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and his or her representatives or legatees.




     


     


    

4.        Incorporation
of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms
and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms
in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.


5.        Transferability.
This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise,
other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime,
only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.





6.        Status
of the Stock Option. This Stock Option is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section
422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Optionee should consult with his or her own
tax advisors regarding the tax effects of this Stock Option.


7.        Acceleration
upon Change in Control. Upon the closing of a “Change in Control”, as defined below, prior to the Expiration Date
and so long as Optionee is employed by the Company or its subsidiary, exercisability of the Stock Option shall accelerate so that
Option shall be fully vested and exercisable. A “Change in Control” shall mean:


		i.	merger or consolidation in which (A) the Company is a constituent party or (B) a Subsidiary of the Company is a constituent
party and the Company issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation, in each case except any such
merger or consolidation involving the Company or a Subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately
prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that
represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock of (1)
the surviving or resulting corporation or (2) if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another
corporation immediately following such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation;
or



		ii.	the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions,
by the Company or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except
where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.





     


     


    

8.        Tax
Withholding. The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event
for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal,
state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to
cause the minimum required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from shares of Stock
to be issued to the Optionee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding
amount due.


9.        No
Obligation to Continue Employment. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this
Agreement to continue the Optionee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right
of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Optionee at any time.


10.        Notices.
Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered
to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently
furnish to the other party in writing.


11.        Amendment.
Pursuant to Section 18 of the Plan, the Administrator may at any time amend or cancel any outstanding portion of this Stock Option,
but no such action may be taken that adversely affects the Optionee’s rights under this Agreement without the Optionee’s
consent.




     


     


    

	 	
        The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and
        conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned.

        Dated:

         

         

        Atossa Genetics Inc.

	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	Steven C. Quay, MD, PHD, FCAP
	 	Title:	CEO, President and Chairman


 


	 	 	 	 
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        Optionee’s name and address:

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 


 


 


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