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HICKS ANDREW C M
US76 patents
Patents
50 patentsUS11182279B1Nov 23, 2021
Optimizing test case execution
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Accelerating system dump capturing
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Accelerating system dump capturing
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US12039453B2Jul 16, 2024
Reinforcement testing of a neural network
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US11132286B1Sep 28, 2021
Dynamic reordering of test case execution
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US11347849B2May 31, 2022
Ransomware detection and prevention
IBM4 citations72
US11113167B1Sep 7, 2021
System testing infrastructure with hidden variable, hidden attribute, and hidden value detection
IBM3 citations72
US11093371B1Aug 17, 2021
Hidden input detection and re-creation of system environment
IBM5 citations72
US11023368B1Jun 1, 2021
Reduction of testing space for system testing infrastructure using combinatorics
IBM4 citations72
US11204848B1Dec 21, 2021
System testing infrastructure with hidden variable, hidden attribute, and hidden value detection
IBM5 citations71
US11132273B1Sep 28, 2021
System testing infrastructure with hidden variable, hidden attribute, and hidden value detection
IBM5 citations71
US11086768B1Aug 10, 2021
Identifying false positives in test case failures using combinatorics
IBM6 citations71
US11474816B2Oct 18, 2022
Code review using quantitative linguistics
IBM2 citations68
US11169869B1Nov 9, 2021
System kernel error identification and reporting
IBM5 citations68
US11455154B2Sep 27, 2022
Vector-based identification of software dependency relationships
IBM2 citations67
US12417166B2Sep 16, 2025
Self diagnosing test suite using a double pair-wise combinatorial test solution
IBM0 citations62
US11289852B2Mar 29, 2022
Detecting cable movement in physical ports
IBM0 citations62
US11039506B2Jun 15, 2021
Stove control safety mechanism
IBM1 citations62
US10916889B1Feb 9, 2021
Management of securable computing resources
IBM1 citations62
US10796029B2Oct 6, 2020
Software controlled port locking mechanisms
IBM1 citations62
US12537263B2Jan 27, 2026
Thermally activated retractable EMC protection
IBM0 citations61
US12475025B2Nov 18, 2025
Identification of related test cases and overlapping code under test
IBM0 citations61
US12450122B2Oct 21, 2025
Modification-based multipathing code
IBM0 citations61
US12367042B2Jul 22, 2025
Multipathing code execution based on failure severity background
IBM0 citations61
US11836060B2Dec 5, 2023
System testing infrastructure with hidden variable, hidden attribute, and hidden value detection
IBM0 citations61
US11656869B2May 23, 2023
Using big code to construct code conditional truth tables
IBM0 citations61
US11321644B2May 3, 2022
Software developer assignment utilizing contribution based mastery metrics
IBM1 citations61
US11226815B2Jan 18, 2022
Using big code to construct code conditional truth tables
IBM0 citations61
US11157268B2Oct 26, 2021
Linking copied code
IBM0 citations61
US12516985B2Jan 6, 2026
Cooling optical interconnects using light
IBM0 citations60
US12273141B2Apr 8, 2025
Optical cable mismatch error detection/remediation
IBM0 citations60
US12455800B2Oct 28, 2025
Dynamic testing with captured sequences of events
IBM0 citations59
US11636028B2Apr 25, 2023
Stress test impact isolation and mapping
IBM0 citations59
US11436132B2Sep 6, 2022
Stress test impact isolation and mapping
IBM1 citations59
US11346830B2May 31, 2022
Predictive water condition monitoring
IBM0 citations59
US11340897B1May 24, 2022
Subject matter expert identification for computer software
IBM0 citations59
US11336679B2May 17, 2022
Combinatorial test design for optimizing parameter list testing
IBM0 citations59
US12093683B2Sep 17, 2024
Machine learning based deprecated software identification
IBM1 citations58
US11294804B2Apr 5, 2022
Test case failure with root cause isolation
IBM1 citations58
US12436874B1Oct 7, 2025
Computer system test parallelization
IBM0 citations53
US12561202B2Feb 24, 2026
Enforced checksums for human readable prime number compression (HRPNC)
IBM0 citations52
US12530331B2Jan 20, 2026
Decompressing human readable prime number compression (HRPNC) objects using metadata
IBM0 citations52
US12499012B1Dec 16, 2025
Sustainable redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID)
IBM0 citations52
US12306939B2May 20, 2025
Hidden security flags for ransomware attack protection
IBM0 citations52
US11442839B2Sep 13, 2022
Runtime metrics based test ordering
IBM0 citations52
US11194703B2Dec 7, 2021
System testing infrastructure for analyzing soft failures in active environment
IBM0 citations52
US10761935B2Sep 1, 2020
Accelerating system dump capturing
IBM0 citations52
US10754728B2Aug 25, 2020
Accelerating system dump capturing
IBM0 citations52
US12579056B2Mar 17, 2026
Test tagging based on failure analysis
IBM0 citations51
US11947465B2Apr 2, 2024
Buffer overflow trapping
IBM0 citations51
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