US Patent Issued to GM Cruise Holdings on Oct. 21 for "Compiler failure testing for vehicle software" (California, New Hampshire, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,147, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GM Cruise Holdings LLC (San Francisco).

"Compiler failure testing for vehicle software" was invented by Brian Butler (Brookline, N.H.), Courtney Jean Lewis (Herndon, Va.) and Daniel J. Krause (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compiler failure testing is used to test compilers for compiling software where a high degree of reliability is required, e.g., compilers for software that runs on automobiles. A compiler failure testing system includes tests for testing different coding rules. When a change is made to a software compiler, the failure testing system tests the software compiler'...