Inventor · East Lansing, MI, US

Wendell Lynch

72Patents
18h-index
30Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 3, 1992 → Oct 31, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5450490A Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals and decoding Electricity 714 Expired
US5579124A Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding broadcast or recorded segments and monitoring audience exposure thereto Electricity 676 Expired
US5764763A Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals and decoding Electricity 450 Expired
US6871180B1 Decoding of information in audio signals Electricity 211 Expired
US6421445B1 Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals Electricity 200 Expired
US7640141B2 Systems and methods for gathering audience measurement data Electricity 93 Active
US7316025B1 Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding broadcast or recorded segments and monitoring audience exposure thereto Electricity 90 Expired
US7239981B2 Systems and methods for gathering audience measurement data Electricity 74 Expired
US5495282A Monitoring system for TV, cable and VCR Electricity 63 Expired
USRE42627E1 Encoding and decoding of information in audio signals General 56 Active
US7961881B2 Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals Electricity 49 Expired
US6996237B2 Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals Electricity 46 Expired
US9332363B2 System and method for determining meter presence utilizing ambient fingerprints Physics 42 Active
US8738763B2 Research data gathering with a portable monitor and a stationary device Electricity 38 Active
US7174151B2 Ensuring EAS performance in audio signal encoding Electricity 36 Expired
US9418395B1 Power efficient detection of watermarks in media signals Physics 27 Active
US8538333B2 Media exposure linking utilizing bluetooth signal characteristics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Active
US8977194B2 Media exposure and verification utilizing inductive coupling Electricity 20 Active
US8959016B2 Activating functions in processing devices using start codes embedded in audio Electricity 18 Active
US7509115B2 Ensuring EAS performance in audio signal encoding Electricity 14 Active
US8260113B2 Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding broadcast or recorded segments and monitoring audience exposure thereto Electricity 14 Active
US9015563B2 Apparatus, system and method for merging code layers for audio encoding and decoding and error correction thereof Electricity 11 Active
US8000677B2 Ensuring EAS performance in audio signal encoding Electricity 10 Active
US9100132B2 Systems and methods for gathering audience measurement data Electricity 8 Active
US9696336B2 Multiple meter detection and processing using motion data Physics 8 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.