2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Allocation of firm's IP billings, by size of firm and type of work (Q22-Q23) IP law is less than 75% of practice

Number of Firms Reporting

First Quartile 25%

Third Quartile 75%

Mean (Average)

Median (Midpoint)

Number of Attorneys in Firm

32

30.1% 49.7% 18.9% 32.2% 28.8% 38.2% 30.7% 15.4% 17.1% 16.3% 15.7% 2.9%

13.6% 28.6%

28.6% 42.9% 20.3% 33.3% 28.8% 43.2% 29.0% 13.9% 14.3% 15.6% 14.2% .0%

42.1% 74.4% 28.3% 48.0% 45.9% 59.3% 44.7% 24.7% 35.7% 29.6% 22.5% 7.1%

All Firms 11-30 31-100 101 or More All Firms 11-30 31-100 101 or More All Firms 11-30 31-100 101 or More All Firms 11-30 31-100 101 or More All Firms 11-30 31-100 101 or More All Firms 11-30 31-100 101 or More

What percent of the firm's 2016 IP billings were for litigation?

5 8

6.3%

17 32

13.9%

What percent of the firm's 2016 IP billings

4.2%

5 8

.0%

were for patent applications and prosecution?

11.3% 14.5%

17 32

What percent of the firm's 2016 IP billings were for trademark registration applications and prosecution? What percent of the firm's 2016 IP billings were for copyright registration applications? What percent of the firm's 2016 IP billings were from licensing?

4.4%

5 8

.0%

4.6% 7.8%

17 32

1.4% 2.1% 1.3% 1.4% 5.1% 5.0% 4.7% 3.3%

.0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .0% .4% .0%

.1% .0% .0%

2.7% 5.4% 3.5% 2.4% 7.0%

5 8

17 32

1.0% 1.9%

5 8

.0%

12.5%

4.3%

8.3% 6.9%

17 32

.9%

19.1% 23.1% 20.7% 16.7%

6.4% 3.6%

13.3% 14.3% 12.0% 16.0%

31.6% 47.1% 42.3% 25.7%

What percent of the firm's 2016 IP billings were for other IP work?

5 8

.6%

17

6.5%

AIPLA Report of the Economic Survey 2017 F-17