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Qualcom Incorporated

13 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
2 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 4 name spellings.

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 1 fee due Apr 8, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Fast User Equipment Reconfiguration Signaling in Wireless Communication (US 10,440,772) comes due Apr 8, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 8, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 2, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Transmission and Detection of Overhead Channels and Signals in a Wireless Network (US 9,253,651) comes due Aug 2, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 2, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Interference Mitigation by Pseudo-Random Muting for Sounding Reference Signals (US 11,968,044) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System and Method for Determining Appropriate Redemption Presentations for a Virtual Token Associated with a Stored Value Account (US 9,336,519) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,725,519Floating-Point Processor with Selectable Subprecision
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,787,389Method and system for utilization of an outer decoder in a broadcast services communication system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,907,609Method and apparatus for enhancing RoHC performance when encountering silence suppression
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,174,995Method and Apparatus for Flexible Pilot Pattern
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,849,884Transform Design with Scaled and Non-Scaled Interfaces
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,253,651Transmission and Detection of Overhead Channels and Signals in a Wireless Network
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,336,519System and Method for Determining Appropriate Redemption Presentations for a Virtual Token Associated with a Stored Value Account
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,844,020Positioning Location for Transmitters with Same Physical Cell Identity (PCI)
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,237,103Changing Cyclic Prefix (CP) Length Based on Precoder Mode Selection
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,440,772Fast User Equipment Reconfiguration Signaling in Wireless Communication
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 13: 2 patents in force now held by others · 13 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 28 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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