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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (97485)	4/15/2001 11:30:42 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) of 152472

Patent expiration explanation from Gregg Powers posted over on Yahoo....I cant vouch for the correctness but as Q's largest shareholder for multiple years, it has to be assumed that a pretty thorough patent review was done to support this statement. messages.yahoo.com For the edification of others on the thread, QCOM's initial patents begin expiring around 2010; however, the license agreements are evergreen, i.e. as long as Qualcomm continues to receive patents germane to CDMA, and this IPR is incorporated in product designs, the royalty period is extended. So, the answer is: royalties have a minimum life of eleven years and a maximum life of forever. Slacker

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