Ex Parte Tamura et al - Page 2

                Appeal 2006-3421                                                                                 
                Application 09/751,889                                                                           
                       Appellants have invented a simulator and a simulator method in which                      
                a future-forecasting scenario verifies a state that a system does not satisfy a                  
                predetermined performance standard in the future based on the execution of                       
                a simulation of a model system, and in which a design-supporting scenario                        
                verifies a state that the system satisfies the predetermined performance                         
                standard based on the execution of the simulation of the model system.  The                      
                simulator and the simulator method execute one of (1) a simulation                               
                corresponding to the future-forecasting scenario using parameters of the                         
                design-supporting scenario indicating that the system satisfies the                              
                predetermined performance standard, or (2) a simulation of the design-                           
                supporting scenario using parameters of the future-forecasting scenario                          
                indicating that the system does not satisfy the predetermined performance                        
                standard in the future.                                                                          
                       Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and it reads as                        
                follows:                                                                                         
                       1. A simulator comprising:                                                                
                       a model preparation unit that prepares a model corresponding to a                         
                system to be simulated;                                                                          
                       a future-forecasting scenario preparation unit that prepares a future-                    
                forecasting scenario for verifying a state that said system does not satisfy a                   
                predetermined performance standard in the future, based on a result of                           
                executing a simulation of the model;                                                             
                       a design-supporting scenario preparation unit that prepares a design-                     
                supporting scenario for verifying a state that said system satisfies the                         
                predetermined performance standard, based on a result of executing a                             
                simulation of the model; and                                                                     

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