UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

Form 4

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1 .Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Palo Alto Investors, LLC

(See Note 1)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Navidec, Inc. (NVDC)

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

______Director _XX_10% Owner

______Officer (give ______Other (specify title below) below)

____________________________

(Last) (First) (Middle)

470 University Avenue

3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(voluntary)

4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year

November 21-22, 2002

(Street)

Palo Alto, CA 94301

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
___Form filed by One Reporting Person
XXForm filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City) (State) (Zip)

Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Trans-
action
Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
Action
Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A)
or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 AND 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)

(Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner-
ship
Form:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)

(Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

(Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

(A) or

(D)

Price

Common Stock

11/21/02

10,000

0.095

1,408,200

See Note 2

Common Stock

11/22/02

885,900

0.075

522,300

See Note 2

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

1. Title of
Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of
Deri-
vative
Security

3. Trans-
action
Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Deriv-
ative Securities Ac-
quired (A) or Dis-
posed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exer-
cisable and
Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year).

7. Title and Amount of Securities
Underlying
Derivative Security
(Inst. 4)

8. Price
of
Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ity
(Instr.
5)

9. Number
of deriv-
ative
Secur-
ities
Bene-
ficially
Owned
at End
of
Month
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date
Exer-
cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or
Number of
Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting persons consist of William Leland Edwards, Palo Alto Investors, LLC, a California limited liability company ("PAI LLC"), Palo Alto Investors, a California corporation ("PAI Corp") and Micro Cap Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Micro Cap"), of which PAI LLC is the investment adviser and general partner The sole manager of PAI LLC is PAI Corp. Mr. Edwards is the President and principal member of PAI LLC and the President and controlling shareholder of PAI Corp. PAI LLC is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is investment adviser to investment limited partnerships of which it is the general partner and to other clients. Mr. Edwards, PAI LLC and PAI Corp are filing this Form 4 jointly as a group. Micro Cap is filing this report jointly with the other reporting persons, but not as a member of a group and expressly disclaims membership in a group. No client account of PAI LLC, other than Micro Cap, owns more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the Issuer.

2. These securities are owned directly by Micro Cap and indirectly by Mr. Edwards, PAI LLC and PAI Corp. Mr. Edwards, PAI LLC and PAI Corp disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein.

Dated: November 25, 2002

William L. Edwards

PALO ALTO INVESTORS
, a California corporation

By: William L. Edwards, President

PALO ALTO INVESTORS, LLC
, a California corporation
Manager

By: Palo Alto Investors, a California corporation

By: William L. Edwards, President

MICRO CAP PARTNERS, L.P.

By: Palo Alto Investors, LLC, a California corporation, General Partner

By: Palo Alto Investors, a California corporation, Manager

By: William L. Edwards, President

Joint Filer Information

Name: Palo Alto Investors, LLC

Address: 470 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Designated Filer: William L. Edwards

Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Navidec, Inc. (NVDC)

Statement for Month/Day/Year: November 21-22, 2002

Signature: Palo Alto Investors, LLC

By: Palo Alto Investors, a California corporation, Manager

By: William L. Edwards, President

Name: Palo Alto Investors, a California corporation

Address: 470 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Designated Filer: William L. Edwards

Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Navidec, Inc. (NVDC)

Statement for Month/Day/Year: November 21-22, 2002

Signature: Palo Alto Investors, a California corporation

By: William L. Edwards, President

Name: William L. Edwards

Address: 470 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Designated Filer: William L. Edwards

Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Navidec, Inc. (NVDC)

Statement for Month/Day/Year: November 21-22, 2002

By: William L. Edwards, President

Name: Micro Cap Partners, L.P.

Address: 470 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Designated Filer: William L. Edwards

Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Navidec, Inc. (NVDC)

Statement for Month/Day/Year: November 21-22, 2002

Signature: Micro Cap Partners, L.P.

By: Palo Alto Investors, LLC

By: Palo Alto Investors

By: William L. Edwards, President

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff

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