The CNIPA recently released the statistics related to royalties for patent licensing for the year 2024 and the period from 2020 to 2024, aiming to support local intellectual property administration departments, relevant centers, and companies and organizations in strengthening the use of such statistics, providing references for assessment, pricing in intellectual property licensing and transactions, and determination of infringement damages.
The statistics covers patent licensing agreements filed with the CNIPA during the period, collecting key information specified in the agreement, such as payment methods, transaction amounts, and royalty rates.
The statistics show that there were a total of 27,076 agreements in 2024, involving 54,863 patents, with invention patents accounting for 39.6%. On average, each agreement involved 2 patents. Regarding the payment methods for licensing fees, 7,415 agreements (27.4%) are in fixed or convertible amounts, with a total contract value of CNY 12.73 billion, making an average amount per agreement of CNY 1.711 million, and the average license duration of 2.8 years; 1,119 agreements (4.1%) involved royalty-based payments, with an average license duration of 3.8 years; 18,542 agreements (68.5%) involved gratuitous payments. (Dec.17, 2025, Intellectual Property News)
The statistics covers patent licensing agreements filed with the CNIPA during the period, collecting key information specified in the agreement, such as payment methods, transaction amounts, and royalty rates.
The statistics show that there were a total of 27,076 agreements in 2024, involving 54,863 patents, with invention patents accounting for 39.6%. On average, each agreement involved 2 patents. Regarding the payment methods for licensing fees, 7,415 agreements (27.4%) are in fixed or convertible amounts, with a total contract value of CNY 12.73 billion, making an average amount per agreement of CNY 1.711 million, and the average license duration of 2.8 years; 1,119 agreements (4.1%) involved royalty-based payments, with an average license duration of 3.8 years; 18,542 agreements (68.5%) involved gratuitous payments. (Dec.17, 2025, Intellectual Property News)