A simple and straightforward procedure for finding absolute minimal third-order expressions (in the ‘ sum-of-product-of-sum’ forms) of a special class of Boolean functions called unate functions is suggested in the paper. The central idea developed through the procedure involves a decomposition of the assigned Boolean function first into a group of sub-functions called maximal uniliteral sub-functions (MTJL's) each of which is realizable in a minimal second-order ‘ product-of-sum ’ form and then a selection of an appropriate sub-set of these maximal uniliteral sub-functions or MUL's (or their sub-functions) in order to cover all the prime implicants of the function minimally.