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will81999
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What percent of patent attorneys work in BigLaw?
What percent of patent attorneys work in BigLaw?
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The Lsat Airbender
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Re: What percent of patent attorneys work in BigLaw?
You'll have to define "patent attorney" and "biglaw" to even begin trying to answer this question. Probably somewhere between 10-25%.
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QantasReacher1
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Re: What percent of patent attorneys work in BigLaw?
As the above comment states, it depends on what your definition of patent attorney is. Patent litigators? Almost all of them work in big law. Patent prosecutors? A sizable portion work in big law, but I would say its less than half. Maybe around 25% (I am interested to hear if anyone has precise numbers).
For patent prosecution its worth noting that, unless you are an equity partner in a big law firm (which is rare in patent prosecution), your pay will likely be pretty similar between big law and small law. I think the main benefit to working in big law as a patent prosecutor is you have better exit options to other patent law firms and in-house positions.
For patent prosecution its worth noting that, unless you are an equity partner in a big law firm (which is rare in patent prosecution), your pay will likely be pretty similar between big law and small law. I think the main benefit to working in big law as a patent prosecutor is you have better exit options to other patent law firms and in-house positions.
