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Quarterhill

Logo: quarterhill.com5

Canadian technology holding company

Quarterhill Inc. (formerly WiLan Inc.) is a Canadian public technology holding company, based in Toronto, Ontario.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1
  • IndustryPatent Owners & Lessors1
  • HeadquartersToronto, Canada1
  • Websitewww.quarterhill.com
  • Legal formBusiness corporations (which includes professional corporations)4
  • LEI549300B6CK5V1TDGM8514
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered address25 King Street West, M5L 2A1 Toronto, Canada4
  • Registered withCorporations Canada, 1025832-64

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Quarterhill Inc. (formerly WiLan Inc.) is a Canadian public technology holding company, based in Toronto, Ontario.3

What it owns

What Quarterhill reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$7.6M6 Dec 31, 2018$7.5M6 Dec 31, 2017+1.6%
Accumulated depreciation$4.9M6 Dec 31, 2018$3.7M6 Dec 31, 2017+34.4%
Property and equipment, net$2.7M6 Dec 31, 2018$3.8M6 Dec 31, 2017−30.1%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$63.9M6 Dec 31, 2018$81.8M6 Dec 31, 2017−21.9%
Marketable securities, current$1.1M6 Dec 31, 2018$1.2M6 Dec 31, 2017−7.8%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$25.3M6 Dec 31, 2018$42.6M6 Dec 31, 2017−40.6%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$87.4M6 Dec 31, 2018$114.9M6 Dec 31, 2017−23.9%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$350.8M6 Dec 31, 2018$352.7M6 Dec 31, 2017−0.5%
Accumulated amortization$263.4M6 Dec 31, 2018$237.7M6 Dec 31, 2017+10.8%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$87.4M6 Dec 31, 2018$114.9M6 Dec 31, 2017−23.9%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$6.0M6 Dec 31, 2018$5.1M6 Dec 31, 2017+17.3%
Raw materials$729.0K6 Dec 31, 2018$492.0K6 Dec 31, 2017+48.2%
Work in process$814.0K6 Dec 31, 2018$900.0K6 Dec 31, 2017−9.6%
Finished goods$1.3M6 Dec 31, 2018$1.2M6 Dec 31, 2017+11.6%

Timeline

  1. 1992Founded Founded1

Filings

1 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 private raises. The latest 1:

  1. Oct 14, 2026D EDGAR

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

SEC filer profile

How Quarterhill is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARQuarterhill Inc.2
  • CIK0001518419
  • Employer ID (EIN)28-04517432
  • Incorporated inOntario, Canada2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)6794 Patent Owners & Lessors2
  • SEC reviewing officeOffice of Real Estate & Construction, Division of Corporation Finance2
  • Business address200 Bay Street, North Tower, Suite 1200, Toronto, M5J 2J2, Ontario, Canada2
  • Phone416.247.96522
  • Shares outstanding118,817,466 as of Dec 31, 20186
  • On EDGAR sinceApr 27, 20112
  • Filings375 in all: 6-K (332), 40-F (8), SC 13G/A (6), SC 13G (5), 40-F/A (4), CORRESP (4), UPLOAD (3), F-X/A (2)2
    All 17 form types

    S-8 (2), S-8 POS (2), 15-12B (1), 25 (1), 40FR12B (1), 6-K/A (1), CERTNAS (1), D (1), F-X (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (40-F) Feb 28, 2019

Sources

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