Patents by Inventor Stephen T. Harding

Stephen T. Harding 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: 12257405
    Abstract: An IV catheter system may have a catheter component with a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature protruding outwardly from the catheter hub. The IV catheter system may also have a needle component with a needle hub, a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis, and a grip extending from the needle hub, generally parallel to the axis, with a pull feature. In the insertion configuration, the needle may be positioned within the cannula and the distal end of the needle hub may be seated in a needle port of the catheter hub. In the fluid delivery configuration, the needle may be positioned outside the catheter hub. The push and pull features may be positioned to facilitate manipulation with a single hand to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration to a fluid delivery configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bart D. Peterson, Huibin Liu, Stephen T. Bornhoft, Weston F. Harding, Young Zhang, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Bin Wang
  • Patent number: 11307962
    Abstract: A method for validating software transforms. A target program binary is mutated, producing a plurality of variants. It is determined whether each variant passes a test suite. Upon determining the variant does not pass the test suite, the variant is discarded. Upon determining the variant passes the test suite, the variant is compared to the target program binary. A candidate transform is extracted which meets scope criteria. The candidate transform is applied to each of a plurality of test programs. It is determined whether the candidate transform is safe. Upon determining that the candidate transform is not safe, the candidate transform is discarded. Upon determining that the candidate transform is safe, the candidate transform is collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason A. Landsborough, Sunny J. Fugate, Stephen T. Harding
  • Patent number: 11080179
    Abstract: An initial test variable determined by a fuzz tester to cause a faulty response of an original computer program due to a bug within the original computer program is added to a suite of test variables. Computer program candidates that are functionally equivalent to the original computer program are tested using a suite of test variables including the initial test variable. The computer program candidates are modified and selected using a genetic algorithm based on results of the testing to produce bug-free computer program candidates that are functionally equivalent to the original computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason A. Landsborough, Stephen T. Harding, Bryan T. Beabout, Emmanuel J. Orozco
  • Patent number: 10997060
    Abstract: Semantically equivalent variants of a computer program are generated by applying randomly selected transforms to the computer program. Unit tests are performed on the variants of the computer program to detect a defect in the computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Sunny J. Fugate, Jason A. Landsborough, Stephen T. Harding, Charles L. Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20200356468
    Abstract: Semantically equivalent variants of a computer program are generated by applying randomly selected transforms to the computer program. Unit tests are performed on the variants of the computer program to detect a defect in the computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Sunny J. Fugate, Jason A. Landsborough, Stephen T. Harding, Charles L. Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20200341887
    Abstract: An initial test variable determined by a fuzz tester to cause a faulty response of an original computer program due to a bug within the original computer program is added to a suite of test variables. Computer program candidates that are functionally equivalent to the original computer program are tested using a suite of test variables including the initial test variable. The computer program candidates are modified and selected using a genetic algorithm based on results of the testing to produce bug-free computer program candidates that are functionally equivalent to the original computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason A. Landsborough, Stephen T. Harding, Bryan T. Beabout, Emmanuel J. Orozco
  • Publication number: 20200012581
    Abstract: A method for validating software transforms. A target program binary is mutated, producing a plurality of variants. It is determined whether each variant passes a test suite. Upon determining the variant does not pass the test suite, the variant is discarded. Upon determining the variant passes the test suite, the variant is compared to the target program binary. A candidate transform is extracted which meets scope criteria. The candidate transform is applied to each of a plurality of test programs. It is determined whether the candidate transform is safe. Upon determining that the candidate transform is not safe, the candidate transform is discarded. Upon determining that the candidate transform is safe, the candidate transform is collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jason A. Landsborough, Sunny J. Fugate, Stephen T. Harding