Patents and Patent Applications

  • Wicker, S. B., “Private Overlay for Information Networks, patent pending, assigned to Cornell University.
  • Ober, C, O’Rourke, T, Spencer, M., Turner, J., Wicker, S., “Flexible Substrate Sensor System For Environmental And Infrastructure Monitoring”, PCT WO 2008/140490, 20 November 2008, assigned to Cornell University.
  • Fontaine, F. and Wicker, S., “Method and Apparatus for Turbo Decoding Block Codes”, U.S. patent 7,243,288, June 10, 2007, assigned to Motorola.
  • Wicker, S. and Fine, T., “Sensor-Assisted ALOHA Multiple Access”, U.S. patent 6,404,750, June 11, 2002, assigned to Cornell University.
  • Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B., “The Analog Neural Net Viterbi Decoder,” U.S. patent 5,548,684, August 20, 1996, assigned to Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • Tapp, T., Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B., “The Soft Decision (31,21) BCH    Decoder,” patent pending, assigned to MTEL/SkyTel.