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Software testing is an engineering subject and similar to any other engineering field testing also have immense
opportunities for researching
and inventing new things. On
this section of the website,
TestingGeek will try to give
you some information on the
research happening in
software testing field and
patents or intellectual
property filed in the
software testing field.
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Before dwelling deep into
the subject, lets discuss
what is research and patent.
According to Wikipedia "Research
is an human activity based
on the intellectual
investigation and aimed at
discovering, interpreting
and revising human knowledge
on different aspects of the
world. Research can use the
scientific method, but need
not do so"
If you relate this
definition of research to
software testing, their are
plenty of aspects in
software testing which
require further research,
which require revision of
our existing knowledge. This
could be how we look at the
process of testing or how do
we perform testing. You can
even research skills
required to become a better
tester.
More information on
various topics for research
in software testing, and
people/organizations working
on this can be found on
Software Testing Research
page.
Similarly patents can be
defined as "A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of an invention. The person applying for a patent does not need to be the inventor who created or authored the invention"
There are many
organizations, who invest
millions of dollars in
research to generate
intellectual property rights
or patents for themselves.
Software Testing is
relatively new field and
offers many opportunities to
do research and generate
intellectual property for
you or your organization.
Most of the time in Software
Testing, it is difficult to
find out whether particular
activity, approach or
solution can be patented or
not. To help you decide
whether something is
patentable or not,
TestingGeek is working on
compiling a list of patents
related to software testing.
This list should give you
good information on what is
already patented and most
importantly what can be
patented.
More information about
patents are available at
Software Testing Patents
page.
Hope this section gave
you good information on
Software Testing Research
&
Software Testing Patents.
You can leave your
feedback on these topics
at feedback section. You
might find
Testing Article and
Testing
Blog section useful as
well.
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