The amount they got paid for this was probably not worth the energy they put into it.
(as a side, i'd love to see engineers account for their time in 5 minute increments before complaining about lawyer billing practices. I would be surprised if it wasn't the case that on a salary / number-of-hours-really-worked-per-year, most IP lawyers make a lot less than most engineers)
It depends on my day and how hard I'm working as to how much I get paid per hour. But then I've never worried too much about guiding wealth, so long as my family is well provided for and happy. Maybe that's why I'm not wealthy :-)
