ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,807, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to JGC JAPAN Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Physical distribution simulation system" was invented by Nozomi Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan), Wataru Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeshi Saito (Tokyo) and Yusuke Yamada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a physical distribution simulation system including: an input unit that inputs predetermined information regarding waste generated over time in a dismantling step of a structure to be dismantled; a calculation unit that calculates a storage step indicating a storage state of the waste, in a predetermined period from generation of the...