Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
703
DATA PROCESSING: STRUCTURAL DESIGN, MODELING, SIMULATION, AND EMULATION

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> DATA PROCESSING: STRUCTURAL DESIGN, MODELING, SIMULATION, AND EMULATION
1		STRUCTURAL DESIGN
2		MODELING BY MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION
3		ELECTRICAL ANALOG SIMULATOR
4		. Of electrical device or system
5		. Of physical phenomenon (e.g., heat, wave, geophysics)
6		SIMULATING NONELECTRICAL DEVICE OR SYSTEM
7		. Mechanical
8		. . Vehicle
9		. Fluid
10		. . Well or reservoir
11		. Biological or biochemical
12		. Chemical
13		SIMULATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
14		. Circuit simulation
15		. . Including logic
16		. . . Event-driven
17		. Event-driven
18		. Power system
19		. Timing
20		. Target device
21		. Computer or peripheral device
22		. Software program (i.e., performance prediction)
23		EMULATION
24		. Of peripheral device
25		. . I/O adapter (e.g., port, controller)
26		. Of instruction
27		. Compatibility emulation
28		. In-circuit emulator (i.e., ICE)
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		FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
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		Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been classified have been transferred directly to FOR listed below. These collections contain only foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical reference in the collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these collections were derived.
FOR 512		STRUCTURAL DESIGN (364/512)
FOR 488		DESIGN AND ANALYSIS (364/488)
FOR 801		SIMULATOR (364/801)
FOR 802		. Of electrical phenomenon, device, or system (364/802)
FOR 806		. Of physical phenomenon (e.g., nuclear, heat, wave, geophysics) (364/806)
FOR 578		SIMULATION (364/578)
FOR 805		. Of vehicle, part thereof, or traffic (364/805)
FOR 803		. Of phenomenon, device, or system (364/803)
FOR 804		. Well (364/804)
FOR 500		COMPATIBILITY, SIMULATION, OR EMULATION OF SYSTEM COMPONENTS (395/500)

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