2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Average fee paid to recruiter as a % of salary by size of firm (Q9) ..................................................................................................F-8 Number of attorneys whose practice is primarily IP law who left the firm (including retired) in 2016 by size of firm (Q10)..........F-9 Number of attorneys and agents, by gender and size of firm, whose practice is primarily IP law in the firm in 2016 (Q11) ..........................................................................................................................................F-10 Number of attorneys and agents, by ethnicity and size of firm, whose practice is primarily IP law in the firm in 2016 (Q12) ..........................................................................................................................................F-11 Distribution of support staff by size of firm in 2016 (Q13) ............................................................................................................F-12 Number of support staff by size of firm in 2016 (Q13) ..................................................................................................................F-12 Number of support staff per IP attorney by size of firm (Q13) ......................................................................................................F-12 Number of summer associates in 2016 devoted primarily to IP law (Q14-Q16)............................................................................F-13 Monthly pay for summer associates by size of firm (Q17).............................................................................................................F-13 Percent of firm's activities outsourced to an external provider by size of firm (Q18-Q19) ...........................................................F-14 Percent of firm's billings in IP law by size of firm (Q20-Q21) .........................................................................................................F-14 Allocation of firm’s IP billings by size of firm and by type of work (Q22-Q23)...............................................................................F-15 Allocation of firm’s IP billings, by size of firm and by type of work, where IP law is 75% or more of practice (Q22-Q23)......................................................................................................................................................F-16 Allocation of firm’s IP billings, by size of firm and by type of work, where IP law is less than 75% of practice (Q22-Q23)......................................................................................................................................................F-17 Total 2016 billings for professional legal services (Q24)................................................................................................................F-18 Total 2016 billings per attorney (Q24b).........................................................................................................................................F-19 Firm collections, billings, overhead, and percent change in billings (Q25-Q28) ............................................................................F-20 Minimum and maximum 2016 attorney billing rates for non-IP work (Q29a-Q29b).....................................................................F-21 Average billing rate for non-IP work (Q29c) ..................................................................................................................................F-22 Minimum and maximum 2016 attorney billing rates for IP work (Q30a-Q30b) ............................................................................F-23 Average billing rate for IP work (Q30c)..........................................................................................................................................F-24 Current starting salary for a first-year associate (Q31)..................................................................................................................F-25 Average salary for a patent agent (Q32)........................................................................................................................................F-25 Liability insurance coverage and deductible in 2016 (Q33-Q34) ...................................................................................................F-26 Liability insurance cost per attorney in 2016 (Q35) .......................................................................................................................F-27 Number of liability claims for IP matters made in the last five years (Q36) ..................................................................................F-27 Number of liability claims for IP matters made per attorney in the last five years (Q36) .............................................................F-28 Number of liability claims for IP matters made per IP attorney in the last five years (Q36)..........................................................F-28 Total dollar value of IP liability claims, including attorneys’ fees, paid in the last five years by the insurer or directly by the firm (Q37-Q38) ........................................................................................................................................F-28 Professional liability insurance underwriters used by firms (Q39) ................................................................................................F-29 Liability insurance cost per attorney in 2016 by insurance underwriter (Q39)..............................................................................F-31 Percentage of gross revenue spent on outside training (Q40) ......................................................................................................F-31 Firm provides formal training to lawyers (Q41).............................................................................................................................F-32 Firm has marketing department or dedicated marketing personnel (Q42)...................................................................................F-33 Marketing budget as percent of gross revenue in 2016 (Q43) ......................................................................................................F-34 Allocation of firm’s annual marketing budget by size of firm (Q44) ..............................................................................................F-34 Give associates billable hour credit toward requirement for time spent marketing/participating in bar associations or professional organizations (Q45)............................................................................................................F-35

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