Patent Amendments ©(Part II of II)

The Greater China IP Updates ĄV January 2025

By Lyndon

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China Releases Data on Patent Licensing from 2019 to 2023

China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has issued a report on patent licensing from 2019 to 2023 that includes statistical data and licensing rates for different technologies. This data may be useful for determining market rates and can help interested parties to avoid antitrust enforcement actions by the State Administration for Market Regulation. Looking at the data, in 2023 there were 15,603 contracts in total and 36,794 patents were involved with invention, utility model and design patents accounting for 45.3%, 44.7% and 10.0% respectively. For 2023, in terms of the payment method of license fees, there were 6,150 license contracts paid by fixed or convertible amounts (fixed lump sum or installment or equity), accounting for 39.4%, with a total contract amount of 10.21 billion RMB, an average contract amount of 1.66 million RMB, and an average license period of 3 years. There were 1,087 license contracts paid by royalty, accounting for 7.0%, and the average license period of the contract is 3.3 years. There were 8,366 license contracts paid free of charge, accounting for 53.6%. For the past five years, (January 2019 to December 2023), there were 32,938 licensing contracts in total and 82,738 patents in total, of which invention, utility model and design patents account for 47.8%, 42.1% and 10.1% respectively. For the same time period, there were 16,930 license contracts paid by fixed or convertible amounts, accounting for 51.4%, with a total contract amount of 44.7 billion RMB, an average contract amount of 2.64 million RMB, and an average license term of 3.5years. There were 2,188 license contracts paid by royalties, accounting for 6.6%, and the average license term of the contract was 5.6 years. There were 13,820 license contracts paid free of charge, accounting for 42.0%.

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