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* LAMONT ANN H (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O OAK INVESTMENT PARTNERS ONE GORHAM ISLAND (Street) WESTPORT CT 06880 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/26/2009	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CLARIENT, INC [ CLRT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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	(3)	1.9(4)	I	See Note(5)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LAMONT ANN H (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O OAK INVESTMENT PARTNERS ONE GORHAM ISLAND (Street) WESTPORT CT 06880 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OAK INVESTMENT PARTNERS XII L P (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE GORHAM ISLAND (Street) WESTPORT CT 06880 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is immediately convertible.

2. The conversion feature continues indefinitely.

3. 3,833,201 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock convertible into 15,332,804 of Common Stock, subject to adjustment.

4. Each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, is initially convertible into 4 shares of Common Stock.

5. Represents shares directly owned by Oak Investment Partners XII, L.P. ("Oak XII, L.P."). On March 25, 2009, Oak XII, L.P. entered into a stock purchase agreement with the Issuer (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), in connection with the private placement of shares of the Issuer's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, subject to the Issuer receiving the requisite shareholder approval, Oak XII, L.P. will purchase an aggregate of up to 5,263,158 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at $7.60 per share.

Remarks:

Ann H. Lamont is a director of Clarient, Inc. In addition, Ms. Lamont is a Managing Member of Oak Associates XII, LLC, the General Partner of Oak Investment Partners XII, Limited Partnership. Each Reporting Person disclaims the existence of a "group" and disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities (except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in such securities) other than any securities reported herein as being directly owned by such Reporting Person, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

	Ann H. Lamont	04/01/2009
	Ann H. Lamont, Managing Member of Oak Associates XII, L.L.C., the General Partner of Oak Investment Partners XII, Limited Partnership	04/01/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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