How to Measure Outside Counsel Performance on Patent Work

Outside counsel and internal groups belong on one weighted scorecard, with every score traceable to the matters behind it. ArcPrime's outside counsel scorecard can group any comparison by law firm or by product, so the same metrics serve a law firm performance review or a comparison across products.

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How do you measure outside counsel performance on patent work?

ArcPrime measures outside counsel performance on patent work with 22 metrics across prosecution, claims, drafting and timeliness, including allowance rate and days to respond, combined under weights each company sets for itself. Average office actions to allowance, rejection categories and filed claim length are among the other outside counsel performance metrics. Because all 22 sit on one scorecard, a review of patent prosecution metrics carries the drafting and timeliness numbers for the same matters along with it. The metrics cover work after a firm is engaged. Selecting the firm is the subject of choosing outside counsel and of patent quality at scale starts with the right outside counsel.

How are the scores weighted and calculated?

A score is a weighted composite of percentile positions within the group being compared, using the weights the company set. It describes standing inside that comparison and is never an absolute grade. Missing metrics stay visible in the scorecard, and the number of measured matters appears beside each result so that a firm with a single measured matter is not read as a full portfolio result.

Can every score be traced to its matters?

Every score traces to the matters that produced it, so an allowance rate or a response time can be checked against the actual applications before it informs a decision about where future work goes.

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