Corporate Information
Qualcomm Quick Facts
- Total Granted Patents and Pending Patent Applications (as of July 2010): ~77,700: U.S. ~13,200 (~4,300 granted patents, ~8,900 pending patent applications) and foreign ~64,500 (~22,200 granted patents, ~42,300 pending patent application)
- 180+ CDMA licensees; 110+ licensed for WCDMA /TD-SCDMA ; 9 royalty-bearing OFDM /OFDMA single mode subscriber and infrastructure licensees
- More than $14.8 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 US locations (per September 27, 2009 Form 10-K)
Key Honors
- FORTUNE’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” (ranked #9 in 2010)
- FORTUNE’s list of “Most Admired Companies” (since 2002)
- Institutional Investor's Most Shareholder Friendly Companies (since 2004)
- Industry Week's US 500 (since 2003)
- Financial Times's Top 500 US Companies (since 2000)
- More Awards and Recognition
