Patents by Inventor Kimberly Kukurba

Kimberly Kukurba has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Requirement document language quality feedback and improvement
    Patent number: 10482179
    Abstract: A device for locating words and/or phrases in a requirement statement that cause confusion can include one or more memory devices including data defining words and/or phrases and corresponding, respective deductions for each of the words and/or phrases and processing circuitry to: receive the requirement statement that specifies requirements for a product or service, determine a count of each of the words and/or phrases that are in the requirement statement and the one or more memory devices and a location of the words and/or phrases in the requirement statement, determine a score for the requirement statement based on a maximum allowable score in the one or more memory devices, the determined count, and the deductions, and generate a report indicating the score and the location of the words and/or phrases that reduced the maximum allowable score, the score indicating the quality of the requirement document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Wayne Barrett, Kimberly Kukurba, Daniel H. Millet, Randall J. Ramsey, George L. Ball, Abraham Wu, Blaine K. Boule
  • REQUIREMENT DOCUMENT LANGUAGE QUALITY FEEDBACK AND IMPROVEMENT
    Publication number: 20190108219
    Abstract: A device for locating words and/or phrases in a requirement statement that cause confusion can include one or more memory devices including data defining words and/or phrases and corresponding, respective deductions for each of the words and/or phrases and processing circuitry to: receive the requirement statement that specifies requirements for a product or service, determine a count of each of the words and/or phrases that are in the requirement statement and the one or more memory devices and a location of the words and/or phrases in the requirement statement, determine a score for the requirement statement based on a maximum allowable score in the one or more memory devices, the determined count, and the deductions, and generate a report indicating the score and the location of the words and/or phrases that reduced the maximum allowable score, the score indicating the quality of the requirement document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Wayne Barrett, Kimberly Kukurba, Daniel H. Millet, Randall J. Ramsey, George L. Ball, Abraham Wu, Blaine K. Boule