2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Private Firm, Partner

Percent of time devoted to the following types of work, by Income Level (Q13) Private Firm,Partner

Supervision and training of other attorneysor agents within your organization

Participation inbar associationor professional association activities

Managing outside counselfor IP prosecution work

Mean (Average) litigationor formal ADR Opinions or counseling priorto

Office manage- ment and

Mean (Average) counselfor IP litigation work Managing outside

IP prosecution work

Non-licensing transactional work

Mean (Average) Other dispute resolution

Marketing/ Business Development

Post-grant proceedings

Mean (Average) Pro bono work

admini- stration

Numberof Individuals TOTAL

Mean (Average) IP licensing

Mean (Average) IP litigation

Mean (Average) Non-IP legal

Mean (Average) Other

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

AllIndividuals Lessthan$126,000 $126,000-$150,999 $151,000-$175,999 $176,000-$200,999 $201,000-$250,999 $251,000-$300,999 $301,000-$350,999 $351,000-$400,999 $401,000-$450,999 $451,000-$500,999 $501,000-$600,999 $601,000-$750,999 $751,000ormore GrossIncomein 2016

379

41.3% 52.8% 68.4% 48.5% 50.8% 54.7% 45.0% 40.9% 49.9% 46.9% 42.5% 38.9% 44.8% 22.8%

7.7% 3.6% 3.5% 8.8% 5.6% 7.2% 8.3% 8.3% 4.9% 9.3% 9.0% 8.1% 10.5% 10.3%

3.8% 6.3% 3.4% 6.9% 2.3% 4.0% 4.3% 3.9% 3.4% 1.9% 8.0% 3.4% 3.2% 3.5%

2.0%

17.1% 10.6%

4.3% 2.3% 2.8% 4.4% 2.7% 1.6% 5.0% 6.0% 1.1% 3.1% 5.4% 6.6% 5.1% 5.7%

.7% .5% .0% .0% .4% .2% .3% .1% .4% .2% .6% .3%

6.4% 1.8% 4.4% 4.4% 5.6% 4.8% 5.3% 7.6% 6.2% 7.4% 4.8% 8.9% 7.1% 12.6%

6.8%

5.2% 5.6% 6.3% 6.5% 5.2% 4.5% 3.3% 4.5% 5.8% 5.8% 4.6% 4.2% 4.8% 5.9%

1.9% 3.1% 2.0% 2.5% 2.4% 1.5% 2.0% 1.4% 2.1% 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 2.1% .0%

1.1%

.3% .0% .0% .0% .0% .2% .3% .4% .0% .3% .0% .5% .1% .2%

.1% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .1% .0% .0% .0% .1% .1% .0% .2%

.7% .4%

.5% .2% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .2% .4% .0% .0% .0% .0%

21

.2% .0% .6%

12.2%

.3% .6%

8 8

1.5%

6.0% 6.9% 7.3% 6.2% 5.9% 7.3% 5.1% 7.1% 4.1% 6.1% 9.0% 4.8%

1.3%

11.9%

1.3% 2.6% 2.2% 1.7% 2.4%

.0%

13 32 27 28 27 20 22 40 29 63

3.8% 1.3% 2.5% 2.1% 3.3% 1.3% 3.0% 1.7% 1.9% 1.9%

5.0%

1.3% 1.0% 1.0%

11.3% 16.6% 12.6% 14.4% 10.3% 12.7% 20.7% 11.8% 33.3%

1.1%

.7% .3% .7% .5% .7% .2%

.3%

2.7%

.0%

1.4%

.0% .9%

1.5%

1.1%

1.1%

Percent of time devoted to the following IP areas, by Income Level (Q15) Private Firm, Partner

Mean (Average) Business Law

Copy- rights

Mean (Average) Foreign IP Law

Trade Secrets

Trade- marks

Mean (Average) General IP

Mean (Average) Patents

Mean (Average) Other areas

Number of Individuals

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

Mean (Average)

All Individuals Less than $126,000 $126,000-$150,999 $151,000-$175,999 $176,000-$200,999 $201,000-$250,999 $251,000-$300,999 $301,000-$350,999 $351,000-$400,999 $401,000-$450,999 $451,000-$500,999 $501,000-$600,999 $601,000-$750,999 $751,000 or more

367

2.1% 3.6%

2.6% 4.6% 1.6% 4.0% 1.8% 2.5% 4.7% 2.3% 3.1% 5.2% 1.6% 1.3% 3.2% .9%

4.2% 2.1% 4.5% 2.5% 3.8% 5.9% 3.4% 3.4% 4.7% 3.4% 2.9% 4.4% 2.4% 1.5%

5.5% 3.3% 2.6% 6.0% 4.2% 6.3% 7.0% 5.6% 8.6% 1.7% 5.5% 2.5% 4.9% 7.8%

69.1% 55.1% 82.5% 69.1% 68.5% 70.8% 67.6% 67.3% 62.3% 74.4% 65.2% 77.4% 77.1% 70.5%

3.0% 2.2% 2.1% 1.9% 1.6% 1.8% 2.8% 2.2% 3.1% 1.3% 3.1% 2.7% 1.5% 4.8%

11.1% 21.0%

1.1% 3.6%

21

8 8

.8%

5.9% 9.6%

.0% .0% .8% .0% .0%

5.6% 2.7%

13 30 24 28 27 19 21 38 29 60

13.8% 11.8% 11.1% 14.4% 14.6% 13.5% 13.0%

.8%

2.8% 2.9% 2.7% 1.6% 1.0% 1.1% 1.9% 2.4%

1.5%

.7%

1.6% 1.7% 2.4%

6.4% 9.7% 9.1%

.0% .7%

AIPLA Report of the Economic Survey 2017 I-24