For those at small/medium patent pros boutiques, what is your compensation structure, billing requirements, and salary like?

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160k, 1800 (collected) hours. 10k bonus if I hit that. 2nd year associate in the south. We’re a mid sized firm with a large patent group, so maybe not exactly what you’re looking for but maybe useful as a data point

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Around 35 collected hours per week — that’s a lot of faith in the back end.

I'm at a small boutique where I am on a profit sharing, commission-based compensation model. No billing requirement. Last year, I billed and collected ~1400 hours at ~$400/hour. Took home ~325k while putting 37k towards 401k via a profit sharing plan.

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2008 grad.

Never heard of anything like this for patent prosecution. Know some family law lawyers in small boutiques that have this kind of setup. Thats insane - you are living the dream!

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Im in Canada but wouldbe very interested to hear this.

Wont name city but at small boutique firm as 1st year was given 75K then 80K as second year (couple years ago - no bonus structure to my knowledge.. was entirely dependent on 'how he firm did that year').. bililng reqmts 1200.
Now large boutique. 1400 reqmt but its tougher than it sounds due to some unique billing practices. 1st year calls in this office are paid 95K.

Small firm with an official billing requirement of about 1500, but a lot of tasks are flat fee, so not easy to assess time. Associates negotiate salaries. Typically salaries start low (around 80) but can move up when attorneys prove they can handle their own cases. Bonus for bringing in clients.
When I started, my first year salary was around 80, second year was a little over 100 and third year was around 120. In small firms, you can earn by proving you can do the work.

Three-person firm. 2nd year associate. Hourly, $70/hr. Minimum of 1560 for benes, but I bill about 40 a week (45-50 total).

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