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InterDigital

American technology company

InterDigital, Inc. is an American technology research and development company that provides wireless and video technologies for mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded1

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  • TickerIDCC on Nasdaq1
  • IndustryPatent Owners & Lessors1
  • HeadquartersWilmington1
  • Founded inPhiladelphia1
  • Websitewww.interdigital.com
  • Business address200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300, Wilmington, De 19809-37274
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer4

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InterDigital image from its website
Image: interdigital.com6

InterDigital, Inc. is an American technology research and development company that provides wireless and video technologies for mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on the Nasdaq and is included in the S&P 600 index.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2025

55.3%Operating margin7
48.8%Net margin7
-4.0%Revenue growth, 20257
36.9%Return on equity7
0.01×Debt to equity7
$528.6MFree cash flow7

What sells

Revenue by product, business segment and region, as the company reports it to the SEC.

Products and services

Revenue - Smartphone brought in 61% of the revenue InterDigital broke down this way in fiscal 2025.

  1. Revenue - Smartphone$678.9M761%up 14% from 2024
  2. Catch Up Revenues$277.4M725%down 40% from 2024
  3. Revenue - CE/Auto/ IoT$154.6M714%down 42% from 2024
  4. Revenue - Other$529.0K70%down 77% from 2024
Products and services by year
Products and services202320242025
Revenue - Smartphone$467.3M$597.5M$678.9M
Catch Up Revenues$141.2M$460.1M$277.4M
Revenue - CE/Auto/ IoT$80.9M$268.7M$154.6M
Revenue - Other$1.4M$2.3M$529.0K

Regions

China brought in 37% of the revenue InterDigital broke down this way in fiscal 2025.

  1. China$309.3M737%down 19% from 2024
  2. South Korea$262.5M731%down 1% from 2024
  3. United States$239.4M729%up 20% from 2024
  4. Taiwan$12.3M71%up 28% from 2024
  5. Japan$7.1M71%down 2% from 2024
  6. Europe$3.3M70%down 55% from 2024
Regions by year
Regions202320242025
China$258.7M$379.6M$309.3M
South Korea$82.2M$266.0M$262.5M
United States$186.3M$198.7M$239.4M
Taiwan$9.4M$9.6M$12.3M
Japan$10.7M$7.2M$7.1M
Europe$2.3M$7.4M$3.3M

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2025

  • Other costs44¢$364.6M
  • Income tax8¢$62.8M
  • Profit49¢$406.6M

Out of $834.0M in revenue.7

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2025

  • Capital spending3¢$15.9M
  • Dividends paid11¢$60.7M
  • Share buybacks19¢$102.3M
  • Kept or used elsewhere67¢$365.6M

Out of $544.5M of cash from operations.7

Financial statements

Revenue8910117$834.0M in 2025+162% since 2019
0$250.0M$500.0M$750.0M$1.0B2019: $318.9M$318.9M20192020: $359.0M$359.0M2020+13%2021: $425.4M$425.4M2021+19%2022: $457.8M$457.8M2022+8%2023: $549.6M$549.6M2023+20%2024: $868.5M$868.5M2024+58%2025: $834.0M$834.0M2025−4%
Operating income8910117$460.9M in 2025+1118% since 2019
0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M2019: $37.8M$37.8M20192020: $55.2M$55.2M2020+46%2021: $71.2M$71.2M2021+29%2022: $150.5M$150.5M2022+111%2023: $221.6M$221.6M2023+47%2024: $439.5M$439.5M2024+98%2025: $460.9M$460.9M2025+5%
Net income8910117$406.6M in 2025+1843% since 2019
0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M2019: $20.9M$20.9M20192020: $44.8M$44.8M2020+114%2021: $55.3M$55.3M2021+23%2022: $93.7M$93.7M2022+69%2023: $214.1M$214.1M2023+128%2024: $358.6M$358.6M2024+68%2025: $406.6M$406.6M2025+13%

Every line of the income statement in the latest annual report, as filed.7

Period ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Revenue$834.0M$868.5M$549.6M
Research and portfolio development$211.4M$196.9M$195.3M
Licensing$93.6M$169.2M$79.4M
General and administrative$68.1M$62.9M$53.3M
Total operating expenses$373.2M$429.0M$328.0M
Income from operations$460.9M$439.5M$221.6M
Interest expense-$40.0M-$45.4M-$44.8M
Other income, net$48.5M$35.3M$57.8M
Income before income taxes$469.4M$429.4M$234.6M
Income tax provision-$62.8M-$70.8M-$23.6M
Net income$406.6M$358.6M$211.1M
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest$0$0-$3.0M
Net income attributable to InterDigital, Inc.$406.6M$358.6M$214.1M
Basic (in USD per share)$15.77$14.16$7.97
Diluted (in USD per share)$11.80$12.07$7.62
Basic (in shares)25.8M shares25.3M shares26.9M shares
Diluted (in shares)34.5M shares29.7M shares28.1M shares
Cash dividends declared per common share (in USD per share)$2.60$1.70$1.50

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The story

Key Dates:

1972: Company is incorporated as International Mobile Machines Corporation.

1981: Company goes public.

1992: IMM acquires SCS Mobilecom and SCS Telecom, and changes its name to InterDigital Communications Corp. SCS founder Donald L. Schilling becomes IDC executive. The company changes its stock ticker from IMM to IDC.

1998: Alliance with Nokia is established.

2003: Patent infringement suit is settled with Ericsson.

2012: Moved corporate headquarters from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania to Wilmington, Delaware.

2014: Samsung and InterDigital sign a patent license agreement.

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2016: InterDigital signs license agreements with Apple and Huawei.

2016: InterDigital acquires sensor processing technology pioneer Hillcrest Labs.

2017: LG and InterDigital sign a patent license agreement.

2018: InterDigital acquires patent licensing business of Technicolor.

2019: Technicolor announces it has received a binding offer for its Research & Innovation Activity from InterDigital.

2021: Xiaomi and InterDigital sign a patent license agreement.

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Leadership

Who has led InterDigital, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. William J. Merritt2007–2021
  2. Lawrence Liren Chen2021–now

President

  1. William J. Merritt2007–2021
  2. Lawrence Liren Chen2021–now

Chief financial officer

  1. Scott A. McQuilkin2007–2012
  2. Richard Brezski2012–now

Chief operating officer

  1. Kai Olavi Oistamo2018–2020
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Board members and other officers (41)

Products and brands

  • research and development

Listed on Wikidata.1

Research areas

The company is primarily focused on advanced wireless (5G), video, and Internet of Things (IoT) research:

Xhaul: InterDigital is part of a consortium of companies and academics working together to develop an adaptive, sharable, cost-efficient solution integrating the fronthaul and backhaul segments of the future 5G transport network.

Horizon 2020 POINT: POINT (iP Over IcN– the betTer IP) aims to develop technology, innovations and business value chains for commercially viable IP-over-ICN deployment. The POINT project consists of nine partners (both academic and industrial) from five EU countries.

RIFE: Project RIFE uses advanced networking technology to address the challenge of providing affordable internet access by increasing the efficiency of the underlying transport networks and the involved architectures and protocols. The project consortium includes 7 partners that include Martel Consulting, Aalto University, University of Cambridge, Thales, Avanti, guifi.net and InterDigital Europe.

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5G Socioeconomic Study: InterDigital along with Tech4i2, Trinity College Dublin and Real Wireless has been commissioned to develop a socio-economic data study launched by the European Commission.

oneM2M: In 2015, InterDigital Labs participated in joint testing to verify multi-vendor interoperability of the oneM2M standard with other participants that include Cisco, HERIT, Huawei, KETI, Ricoh and Qualcomm.

FLAME: Flame is a 5G testbed for urban scale trials of open media Internet services in European cities, including Bristol, UK and Barcelona, Spain. The FLAME project is led by a consortium of twelve partners including University of Southampton, InterDigital Europe, Atos Spain, i2CAT, University of Bristol, Nextworks, Martel Innovate, VRT, The Walt Disney Company, ETH Zurich, Institut Municipal d'Informatica de Barcelona, and Bristol is Open.

5G-CORAL: 5G-CORAL is an H2020 European Union/Taiwan collaborative project that is exploring service-based design in a deep and volatile edge-fog virtualized infrastructure and contributing to standards development that impacts radio access network (RAN) terminal and infrastructure, by creating a unique opportunity for access convergence. 5G-CORAL is coordinated by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), and includes ADLINK, AZCOM, Ericsson, InterDigital, ITRI, RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), Telcaria, Telecom Italia, and National Chiao Tung University (NCTU).

Locations

InterDigital is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, and has 13 offices (including 9 R&D facilities) in 8 countries around the world.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • InterDigital

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Timeline

  1. Apr 15, 2021New chief executive Lawrence Liren Chen becomes CEO15
  2. Aug 13, 2007New chief executive William J. Merritt becomes CEO16
  3. 1972Founded Founded in Philadelphia1

Recent filings

  1. Oct 6, 20264
  2. Oct 5, 2026144
  3. Sep 17, 20264
  4. Sep 17, 20264
  5. Sep 9, 20264
  6. Sep 8, 2026144
  7. Aug 10, 20264
  8. Aug 7, 20264
  9. Aug 7, 2026144
  10. Aug 5, 2026144
  11. Jul 30, 20268-K
  12. Jul 30, 202610-Q
  13. Jul 24, 20264
  14. Jul 24, 20264
  15. Jul 24, 20264

Every filing from the last three years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.2

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