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[Jim Mullens]

QCOM- No reduction in royalty as early patents expire

http://www.qualcomm.com/press/PDF/qa_koreatimes_royalties.pdf

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Q: Will QUALCOMM’s royalty revenue be reduced as some of QUALCOMM’s early patents expire?

No. QUALCOMM has been very active in the standards bodies and in evolving and developing improvements to wireless technology and that is reflected in our portfolio of both essential and non-essential patents. The Company’s patent portfolio has grown enormously since we first started licensing and today includes thousands of issued patents around the world. QUALCOMM's extensive patent portfolio includes more than 4,000 United States patents and patent applications for CDMA and other technologies. Further, we have, for the most part, extended our agreements with licensees to include our later patents that apply to the newer standards, such as CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO, WCDMA/UMTS, HSDPA, etc. We are not concerned about early patents expiring.