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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Chitnis                          Shekhar                R.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

                                 91 Via Sonrisa
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                                    (Street)

 San Clemente                         CA                  92673
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


                         Liquidmetal Technologies (LQMT)
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

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4.   Statement for Month/Year

                                January 29, 2003
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

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

     [X]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [_]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                 5.
                                                                                                 Amount of      6.
                                                                 4.                              Securities     Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Beneficially   ship
                                       2A.          3.           Disposed of (D)                 Owned          Form:     7.
                            2.         Deemed       Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Following      Direct    Nature of
                            Trans-     Execution    Code         ------------------------------- Reported       (D) or    Indirect
1.                          action     Date, if     (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Transaction(s) Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security           Date       any          ------------                 or              (Instr. 3 &    (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                  (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy)    Code     V      Amount      (D)    Price     Instr.4)      (Instr.4) (Instr.4)
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Liquidmetal Technologies
Common Stock                01/29/03*                M               2,000*      A      $2.79*                  D
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Liquidmetal Technologies
Common Stock                01/29/03*                S               2,000*      D      $8.4635*                D
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Liquidmetal Technologies
Common Stock                01/30/03*                M               2,000*      A      $2.79*                  D
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Liquidmetal Technologies
Common Stock                01/30/03*                S               2,000*      D      $8.70*   258,327        D
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*   These shares were acquired pursuant to an exercise of options as reflected
    on Table II of this Form 4, and then were sold on the same day pursuant to a
    Plan of Sale, dated November 29, 2002, under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934. The Plan of Sale, which was entered into for personal
    financial and estate planning purposes, provides for the systematic and
    orderly sale of 4,000 shares per week for a period of 26 consecutive weeks
    beginning December 9, 2002 (for a total of up to 104,000 shares over the
    26-week period), subject to certain terms, conditions, and limitations in
    accordance with Rule 10b5-1.

**  If the Form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
    4(b)(v).


Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

                            (Print or Type Responses)
                                                                          (Over)
(Form 4-07/98)




FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                                    10.
                                                                                                          9.        Owner-
                                                                                                          Number    ship
                                                                                                          of        Form
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Option to Purchase                                                             Common
Common Stock        $2.79    01/29/03 M               2,000  05/01/02 05/01/10 Stock     2,000            370,581   D
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Option to Purchase                                                             Common
Common Stock        $2.79    01/30/03 M               2,000  05/01/02 05/01/10 Stock     2,000            368,581   D
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Explanation of Responses:




     /s/ Curt P. Creely                                     January 31, 2003
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     CURT P. CREELY AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR                      Date
     SHEKHAR CHITNIS


**     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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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