
    NITGEN CO., LTD., a Korea Corporation, Plaintif—Appellant, v. SECUGEN CORP., a California corporation, Defendant—Appellee.
    No. 03-15797.
    D.C. No. CV-03-00391-JW.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 2004.
    
    Decided Oct. 21, 2004.
    Robert E. Freitas, Esq., Melissa A. Finocchio, Esq., Michael C. Spillner, Esq., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP., Menlo Park, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Cedric C. Chao, Esq., Morrison & Foerster, LLP., San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Before TROTT, MCKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, Senior Judge.
    
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
    
    
      
       The Honorable Milton I. Shadur, Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
    
   ORDER

Based on the record, the evidence, the law, and clarifications at oral argument, the court determines that this appeal is moot in its entirety and is therefore DISMISSED. The parties shall bear their own costs.  