Exhibit A
Patent Attorneys work in Gainesville
Gainesville is a university city, and the patent work here follows the research. The University of Florida and its surrounding labs, the medical and engineering spinouts, and the small technology firms that grow out of them are the source of most local patent filing. The firms doing that work are a small set, mostly independent practices and a few multi attorney offices rather than national chains, and the paid search around patent terms in this market is thin because the audience is narrow and the intent is specific. The demand is real but it is concentrated: a person searching for patent help in Gainesville is usually close to a decision, often referred by a lab, an incubator or a colleague, and they search by the problem they have rather than by the word patent attorney alone.
