The CNIPA released the 2022 Patent Licenses Statistics, with the key information, such as payment methods, transaction amounts, and royalty rates specified in the altogether 7,781 licenses recorded before CNIPA. These licenses cover 17,967 patents, of which invention, utility model, and design patents account for 49.4%, 42.9%, and 7.7% respectively, and with an average of 2.3 patents per license. As for the method of payment of the royalties, there were 4,531 licenses paid at fixed or convertible amounts, accounting for 58.2%, with a total contract amount of RMB 14.55 billion yuan, and with an average amount of RMB 3.21 million yuan and an average license term of 3.6 years, 334 licenses paid according to commissions, accounting for 4.3%, with an average license term of 6.3 years, and 2,916 licenses paid free of charge, accounting for 37.5%.