Patents by Inventor Stephen Magill

Stephen Magill 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).

  • Patent number: 12197913
    Abstract: A preferably cloud-based platform supports improvements in software development by assessing quality of source code files, for example, when files are pushed to a software repository. Various static analysis tools are executed on a source file, and the resulting bug reports, which reflect native features of the tools are assembled in a dataset. The bug dataset is enhanced by adding additional features that are not natively generated by the static analysis tool. An ML classifier is trained to predict a selected bug feature, and the classifier is used to update the bug dataset to include estimated values of the selected feature. In an embodiment, post-processing analysis of bug report datasets applies machine learning methods to predict the “severity” of bug reports, an indication of whether they are likely to be true or false. Further, a report of code quality can be returned based on the severity predictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SONATYPE, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Magill, Pavani Guttula, Suresh Jagannathan
  • Patent number: 11414756
    Abstract: Time projection chambers are useful for high energy particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy. To enhance the particle detection efficiency and performance of the projection chambers functional bilayer thin film coatings based on the atomic layer deposition method are utilized. Coating material selection is based on Auger neutralization process ion induced electron emission from metallic surfaces (e.g., Mo or W) combined with a high secondary electron emission coefficient. Application of high secondary electron emission materials (e.g., MgO and CaF2) enhances the multiplication of these emitted electrons from ion induction processes. Therefore, using suitable bilayer coatings the overall TPC signal detection efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Elam, Anil U. Mane, Stephen Magill