Ex parte HOUTCHENS - Page 5




                 Appeal No. 1997-4217                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/307,178                                                                                                             


                                            e)       store said new target timepoint as said                                                            
                 verified simulation time and as said first simulator current                                                                           
                 simulation time (ct ), and                                                                                                             
                                                   1                                                                                                    
                                            f)       continue until said verified simulation                                                            
                 time equals a simulation completion time by proceeding to step                                                                         
                 2;                                                                                                                                     
                          (14)              continue updating said second simulator outputs                                                             
                 stepwise until said second simulator current simulation time                                                                           
                 (ct ) equals said target timepoint (tt);                                                                                               
                       2                                                                                                                                
                          (15)              store said new target timepoint as said verified                                                            
                 simulation time and as said first simulator current simulation                                                                         
                 time (ct ); and                                                                                                                        
                                1                                                                                                                       
                          (16)              continue until said verified simulation time                                                                
                 equals a simulation completion time by proceeding to step 2.                                                                           
                          The references relied on by the Examiner are:                                                                                 
                 Catlin                                       4,814,983                                    Mar. 21, 1989                                
                 Judd et al. (Judd)                           5,247,650                                    Sep. 21, 1993                                


                          Claims 1 to 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over                                                                      
                 Judd and Catlin.                                                                                                                       
                          Reference is made to Appellant’s briefs and the                                                                               
                 Examiner's answers  for their respective positions.2                                                                                                     





                          2A reply brief was filed as paper no. 9 and the Examiner                                                                      
                 responded with a supplemental answer as paper no. 11.                                                                                  
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