| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 | 
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 
 
 
 (Street) 
 
 | 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
         (Month/Day/Year) 09/27/2018 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Gritstone Oncology, Inc. [ GRTS ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) 
 | 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
         (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
| 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 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) | 
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Series A Convertible Preferred Stock | (1) | (2) | Common Stock | 1,565,216 | (1) | D(3) | |
| Series B Convertible Preferred Stock | (1) | (2) | Common Stock | 668,896 | (1) | D(3) | |
| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 
 
 
 (Street) 
 
 Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 
 
 
 (Street) 
 
 Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 
 
 
 (Street) 
 
 Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
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| Explanation of Responses: | 
| 1. The shares of the Issuer's Preferred Stock automatically convert into shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, for no additional consideration, on a 1:1 basis immediately prior to the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering. | 
| 2. The expiration date is not relevant to the conversion of these securities. | 
| 3. Clarus Ventures III GP, L.P. ("GPLP"), as the sole GP of the Reporting Person, may be deemed to beneficially own certain shares held by the Reporting Person. The GPLP disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by the Reporting Person in which the GPLP does not have pecuniary interest. Clarus Ventures III, LLC ("GPLLC"), as the sole GP of the GPLP, may be deemed to beneficially own certain of the shares held by the Reporting Person. The GPLLC disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by the Reporting Person in which it does not have pecuniary interest. Each of Nicholas Galakatos, Dennis Henner, Robert Liptak, Nicholas Simon, Scott Requadt and Kurt Wheeler, as managing directors of the GPLLC, may be deemed to beneficially own certain shares held by the Reporting Person. Each of Messrs. Galakatos, Henner, Liptak, Simon, Requadt and Wheeler disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held of record by the Reporting Person in which he does not have pecuniary interest. | 
| /s/ Robert Liptak, Attorney-in-Fact for Clarus Lifesciences III, L.P. | 09/27/2018 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| 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 5 (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). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||