Origin Materials, Inc. — Regulatory Filings 2021

May 26, 2021

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May 26, 2021

VIA EDGAR

Office of Financial Services

Division of Corporation Finance

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn:	Dillon Hagius
	Laura Crotty
	David Burton
	Kate Tillan
Re:	Artius Acquisition Inc.
	Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended
	File No. 333-254012

Dear Mr. Hagius, Ms. Crotty, Mr. Burton and Ms. Tillan:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Artius Acquisition Inc. (the “ Company ”), hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-254012) (the “ Registration Statement ”) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission so that the Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 27, 2021, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company hereby authorizes Paul J. Shim of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel to the Company, to modify or withdraw this request for acceleration orally.

The Company requests that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Shim at +1 212 225-2930 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

Very truly yours,
Artius Acquisition Inc.
By:	/s/ Boon Sim
	Name:	Boon Sim
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

cc: Charles Drucker

Artius Acquisition Inc.

Paul J. Shim

Adam J. Brenneman

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Joshua Lee

Micromidas, Inc.

Matthew P. Dubofsky

John T. McKenna

Peter H. Werner

Garth Osterman

Cooley LLP