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To: TobagoJack who wrote (8558)	9/8/2001 9:00:14 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 74559

Seriously, I think some of the key patents expire in a year or two, but Qualcomm has licensing deals which give them royalties after the patents expire. The details are sort of vague, as in how much money is paid per license. It's proprietary information. QCOM bulls are very touchy about this question, and you may have opened up a can of worms you will wish you hadn't. Last year some Chinese inventors were claiming they had invented a "flavor" of CDMA that didn't infringe on QCOM's patents. Don't know the status of that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Duration of a US patent used to be 17 years from the date the patent was granted. In 1995 or thereabouts, it was changed to 20 years from the date of application. There were some "grandfathering" provisions in the interim so you could pick the one that worked best for you. You can access info on granted US patents online at: uspto.gov

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