ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,528, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"Test case generation from requirements" was invented by Farid Khafizov (Plano, Texas) and Mark Ernest Newbury (Hillsborough, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a test case generation service is provided. The service may include receiving and validating requirement text associated with a prospective test case and/or test script. The service may invoke a remedial procedure when the requirement text is not validated. The service may include selecting multiple ty...