2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Private Firm, Associate

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

Supervision and training ofother attorneys or agents within your organization

Participation in bar association or professional association activities

Mean (Average) litigation or formalADR Opinions or counseling prior to

Mean (Average) Office manage- mentand admin- istration

Managing outside counselfor IP prosecution work

Mean (Average) counsel for IPlitigation work Managing outside

Mean (Average) Non-licen- sing trans- actional work

IP prosecution work

Mean (Average) Other dispute resolution

Marketing/ Business Development

Post-grant proceedings

Mean (Average) Pro bono work

Number of Individuals TOTAL

Mean (Average) IPlicensing

Mean (Average) IPlitigation

Mean (Average) Non-IPlegal

Mean (Average) Other

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 $601,000-$750,999 GrossIncomein 2016

235

53.1% 66.3% 62.1% 65.0% 56.5% 56.1% 41.7% 28.1% 36.9% 68.3% 10.0% 38.8%

6.9% 3.7% 9.0% 4.3% 6.9% 5.4% 8.3% 8.0% 3.3% 6.7% 3.8% 10.3%

3.1% 2.8% 4.3% 1.7% 5.0% 3.1% 2.9% 5.0% 2.3% 7.3% 1.3% .7%

1.7%

14.6%

4.6% 1.0%

.6%

3.1% 2.0% 1.4% 2.5% 2.1% 2.8% 5.7% 6.3% 4.0% 5.0% 1.7% 1.3%

2.5% 2.2% 1.8% 2.3% 1.5% 1.4% 2.0% 3.3% 2.5% 3.3% 1.0% 2.5%

3.9% 2.7% 4.4% 3.8% 3.7% 3.4% 4.0% 7.5% 5.1% 2.3% 5.0% 2.5%

1.9% 1.2% 2.1% 1.5% 2.2% 1.2% 1.9% 3.8% 2.0%

2.1% 5.7%

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

.0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0%

1.1%

.5%

37 23 26 29 38 29 14

.5%

7.4%

1.1%

.6% .6% .6%

2.7%

1.2% 2.9% 1.7%

12.1% 10.7%

.7%

.0% .0% .7% .2% .3%

.2% .2%

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

4.5% 5.8% 8.2% 6.0% 5.9% 1.3% 1.7%

9.5%

1.8%

2.0% 1.3% 1.6% 1.1% 1.6%

.5%

17.9% 23.0% 26.7% 20.5% 13.3% 41.3% 18.8%

.3% .4%

2.0% 2.0%

1.8%

2.6%

8 3 3 4

10.3%

.0% .0%

.6% .0%

.0%

.0%

.3%

1.7%

10.7% 23.8%

4.0%

2.3% 3.8%

3.3% 3.8%

5.0%

.0%

.0%

.0%

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

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 $601,000-$750,999

232

2.0% 3.9% 2.5% 1.0%

1.7% 2.0% 3.5% 2.0% 1.0% 1.3% 2.5% 1.9% .7%

4.2% 3.3% 4.6% 3.1% 2.0% 2.8% 4.8% 3.0%

4.5% 4.4% 6.3% 6.4% 3.1% 1.6% 5.9% 7.3% 5.6% 3.3%

74.5% 71.4% 65.2% 75.4% 84.4% 86.3% 77.2% 64.7% 86.3% 90.0% 62.5%

2.0% 1.1% 4.1% 2.4% 2.0% 3.1% 3.5% 1.3% .9%

9.0%

1.6% 2.7%

36 22 25 29 38 29 15

11.1% 13.7%

.0% .0% .7% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0%

9.6% 5.9% 7.3% 6.2% 9.3% 2.5% 6.7%

.9% .3%

1.6% 4.3% 2.5%

5.3%

8 3 4

.0% .0% .0%

.0%

.0% .0%

.0%

8.8%

.0%

1.3%

27.5%

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