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rmarchma,

What I take from this paper, is a Fixed Fee Royalty-Bearing License is a combination of fixed fee and per unit royalty.

The Role of Fixed Fee and Royalty in Patent Licensing

Patent licensing is fairly common that takes place in almost all industries. It is a source of profit for the inventor (also called patentee) who earns rent through licensing a patent. The common modes of patent licensing are: a royalty on per unit of output produced with the patented technology, a fixed fee that is independent of the quantity produced with the patented technology, or a combination of fixed fee and royalty.

http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/pub/wp/wp0211.pdf