Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Kirkpatrick Andrew J

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 5/18/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

ACCURAY INC [ARAY]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1310 CHESAPEAKE TERRACE

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

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Global Operations /

(Street)

SUNNYVALE, CA 94089

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	241888 ⁽¹⁾	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	9/30/2021	Common Stock	28000	$4.01	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽³⁾	2/27/2019	Common Stock	10000	$4.67	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁴⁾	11/30/2026	Common Stock	56800	$5.05	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁵⁾	10/31/2019	Common Stock	30000	$5.77	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁶⁾	5/29/2019	Common Stock	10000	$6.16	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁷⁾	10/31/2018	Common Stock	7500	$6.32	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁸⁾	10/29/2020	Common Stock	9000	$6.58	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁹⁾	6/30/2020	Common Stock	10000	$6.63	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁰⁾	10/31/2022	Common Stock	18700	$6.96	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽¹¹⁾	1/31/2018	Common Stock	2000	$9.52	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽¹²⁾	8/17/2017	Common Stock	35000	$13.45	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽¹¹⁾	12/31/2017	Common Stock	3000	$15.22	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	90,507 shares are held directly by the reporting person, of which 20,264 of these shares were acquired through the Accuray 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. An additional 16,092 shares were acquired through the vesting and release of MSUs granted on 10/31/2013. The remaining 54,151 shared directly owned were acquired through the vesting and release of RSUs. Also included in this total are 7,500 remaining unvested granted on 10/31/2013; 8,681 remaining unvested RSUs granted on 10/31/2014; 37,500 remaining unvested RSUs granted on 10/31/2015; 75,000 shares granted on 6/30/2016 which will vest 33% on 6/30/2017, 33% on 7/2/2018 and 34% on 7/1/2019; & 22,700 RSUs granted on 11/30/2016 which will vest in equal amounts on 11/30/2017, 11/30/2018, 12/2/2019 and 11/30/2020.
(2)	Fully vested on 10/01/2015.
(3)	Fully vested on 01/28/2013.
(4)	The shares subject to option vest 25% on the first anniversary of the grant, 11/30/2017, and the remaining shares vest in equal monthly installments until fully vested on 11/30/2020.
(5)	Fully vested on 10/01/2013.
(6)	Fully vested on 05/29/2013.
(7)	Fully vested on 10/31/2012.
(8)	Fully vested on 10/01/2014.
(9)	Fully vested on 06/30/2014.
(10)	Fully vested on 10/31/2016.
(11)	Fully vested on 12/31/2011.
(12)	Fully vested on 07/30/2011.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kirkpatrick Andrew J 1310 CHESAPEAKE TERRACE SUNNYVALE, CA 94089			SVP, Global Operations

Signatures
By: Kristen Howells For: Andrew J Kirkpatrick		5/25/2017
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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