According to your technology, if you want to license as soon as possible, you can also consider applying for a patent for utility model or design, provided that your technological innovation includes hardware features, such as shape, structure, components and connection relationship.
It takes 6-8 months to authorize the utility model patent and 5-6 months to authorize the design patent, which is relatively fast.
However, it should be noted that utility model and design patents are not as stable as invention patents because of their simple examination.