2017 Report of the Economic Survey

Corporate IP, Attorney

New priority US and PCT Patent application prepared and filed by you in 2016 (Q17) Corporate IP, Attorney

New priority US and PCT Patent application prepared and filed by you in 2016 (Q17)

First Quartile 25%

Third Quartile 75%

Number of Individuals

Mean (Average)

Median (Midpoint)

59

18.2 22.0

5.0 6.0 2.5 4.5 ISD 5.5 ISD 5.5 5.0 6.5 5.0 8.3 ISD 1.8 5.5 7.5 5.0 8.0 1.8 4.5

10.0 12.0

24.0 43.0 12.0 55.0

All Individuals

5 6 5 3 3 5 7 4

Boston CMSA NYC CMSA Washington, DC CMSA Metro Southeast Other Central Texas San Francisco CMSA Other West Biotechnology Chemical Electrical Mechanical Medical/ Health Care Pharmaceutical

7.5

7.5

25.8 19.3 15.6 14.7 30.8 19.7 25.5 12.5 42.0 12.7 14.0 15.0 24.2 11.7 22.7 16.7 6.7

10.0

8.0

ISD

Location

17

12.0 15.0

25.0

ISD

8.0

67.5 36.0 35.5 14.8 80.0 16.5 11.3 27.0 34.5 25.3 24.0 26.3 12.0 ISD

10.0 30.0 10.5 25.0 11.0 12.0

11.0

16

IP Technical Specialization (>=50%)

9

12

3 6 5

6.0

10.0 12.5

1-2 3-5 6-10

Full-time Intellectual Property lawyers and agents in the firm or corporation

14 10 15

7.0

13.0 11.0

11-25 26-50 51-100

6 6

8.2

8.5

Direct and indirect reports (Q19) Corporate IP, Attorney

Total

109 60.6% 33.3%

All Individuals

Count

None 1-5 6-10 11-15 16 or more

How many IP lawyers and patent agents report to you, directly or indirectly?

1.0% 1.0% 4.0%

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