**RESPONSE      GENETICS, INC.**

**Director      Compensation Policy**

|   | · | An                annual retainer of $20,000 (twenty thousand dollars) to be paid quarterly                in arrears on the last day of the                quarter. |
|--------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | On                the date of the annual stockholders meeting each year an option to                purchase 11,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price                equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date                of grant; vesting quarterly over a four-year period. Continued vesting                of                the options subject to continued service on the board of directors.                If no                such meeting shall occur before June 30 of the applicable year, then                such                option grant shall be made by unanimous written consent dated June                30 of                that year. |
|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | For                each newly appointed director, the first option grant to purchase                11,500                shares of the Company’s common stock will be made on date of appointment,                whether or not that date corresponds with the date of the annual                stockholders meeting at an exercise price equal to the fair market                value                of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and with all other                terms as set forth above. If the date of appointment does not correspond                with the date of the annual stockholders meeting, the first annual                grant                to be made to the new director thereafter will be pro rated in order                to                provide the newly appointed director with an option to purchase 11,500                shares each year. |
|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | A                payment of $500 (five hundred dollars) for each meeting attended,                either                in person or telephonically. |
|--------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | A                payment of $750 (seven hundred fifty dollars) for each meeting attended,                either in person or telephonically. |
|--------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | A                payment of $500 (five hundred dollars) for each meeting attended,                either                in person or telephonically. |
|--------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | A                payment of $750 (seven hundred fifty dollars) for each meeting attended,                either in person or telephonically. |
|--------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | A                payment of $500 (five hundred dollars) for each meeting attended,                either                in person or telephonically. |
|--------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | · | A                payment of $750 (seven hundred fifty dollars) for each meeting attended,                either in person or                telephonically. |
|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

----