Corporate information
Qualcomm quick facts
- Total Granted Patents and Pending Patent Applications (as of March 2010): ~71,800: U.S. ~12,600 (~3,900 granted, ~8,700 pending) and foreign ~59,200 (~20,700 granted, ~38,500 applied)
- 180+ CDMA licensees; 110+ licensed for WCDMA /TD-SCDMA ; 9 royalty-bearing OFDM /OFDMA single mode subscriber and infrastructure licensees
- More than USD 13.9 billion in R&D (cumulative expenditures to date since 1985)
- Approximately 16,100 full-time, part-time and temporary employees (per September 27, 2009 Form 10-K)
- 146 worldwide locations with 76 U.S. locations (per September 27, 2009 Form 10-K)
