Corporate information
Qualcomm quick facts
- Total patents issued and applications (as of November 2009): ~65,700: U.S. ~11,600 (~3,600 issued, ~8,000 applied) and foreign ~54,100 (~18,500 issued, ~35,600 applied)
- 175+ CDMA licensees; 105+ licensed for WCDMA /TD-SCDMA ; 9 royalty-bearing OFDM /OFDMA single mode subscriber and infrastructure licensees
- More than USD 12.8 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)
