2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Number of attorneys whose practice is primarily IP law who joined the firm in 2016 by size of firm (Q7)

Number of Firms Reporting

First Quartile 25%

Third Quartile 75%

Mean (Average)

Median (Midpoint)

Number of Attorneys in Firm

45 99 36 20 47

3.4 5.0 1.8 2.0 2.4 7.4 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 2.2 1.5 1.8 4.8 1.8 1.9 1.0 1.4 2.0 3.4 2.3 2.7 1.4 1.3 1.3 4.0 6.5 4.3 2.0 2.3 3.2 7.8 5.9 2.3 2.8 3.2

1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 ISD ISD 1.0 ISD 2.0 1.0 1.5 2.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 ISD 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.9 5.5 1.0 1.8 1.0 5.0

2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.5 2.0 4.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.5 4.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 4.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5

3.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 8.0 ISD ISD 2.0 ISD 2.3 2.0 2.0 7.3 3.0 2.8 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.5 3.8 2.3 2.0 ISD 2.0 4.0 5.0 3.5 4.3 4.0 7.8 5.5 3.5 4.3 5.3

Partner/Shareholder Associate Of Counsel Contract/Part-time Patent Agents or trainees Total IP Attorneys

All Firms

118

3 3 4 3 6 4 5 6 5 4 5 7

Partner/Shareholder Total IP Attorneys Partner/Shareholder Associate Total IP Attorneys Partner/Shareholder Associate Total IP Attorneys

One

Two

3-5

Partner/Shareholder Associate Of Counsel Contract/Part-time Patent Agents or trainees Total IP Attorneys Partner/Shareholder Associate Of Counsel Contract/Part-time Patent Agents or trainees Total IP Attorneys Partner/Shareholder Associate Of Counsel Contract/Part-time Patent Agents or trainees Total IP Attorneys Partner/Shareholder Associate Of Counsel Contract/Part-time Patent Agents or trainees Total IP Attorneys

12

6-10

17 12 38 16

11-30

3

13 43

4

15.8

19

5 4 9

31-100

20 13 22

12.8

10.0

15.8

9 6

101 or More

14 23

19.2

14.0

27.0

AIPLA Report of the Economic Survey 2017 F-7