Patent Translation Services

Patent Translation Scope

Every Patent Document.
Every Filing Stage. Every Office.

From initial PCT filing to post-grant validation — White Globe's patent translation specialists cover every document type across the complete IP lifecycle, in every language your filing strategy requires.

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Patent Applications & Claims

Full patent application translation — abstract, description, independent and dependent claims, drawings references, and sequence listings — with claim-by-claim terminological consistency enforced throughout and jurisdiction-specific claim structure applied for the target patent office.

PCT ApplicationsNational PhaseClaimsAbstract

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Prior Art & Technical Literature

Competitor patent translation, scientific publications, technical journals, and non-patent literature (NPL) for prior art searches and freedom-to-operate analyses — with domain-expert linguists ensuring technical precision in chemistry, biology, engineering, and electronics terminology.

Prior ArtNPLFTO AnalysisTechnical Literature

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Office Actions & Examination Responses

Translation of patent office actions — examination reports, objections, restriction requirements — and preparation of responses in the native legal language of the examining authority, with jurisdiction-specific argumentation structure and claim amendment formatting applied throughout.

Office ActionsRejectionsClaim AmendmentsResponses

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IP Portfolio Localisation & M&A Harmonisation

Large-scale IP portfolio translation for multi-country filing programmes, post-merger patent portfolio harmonisation, and cross-border IP due diligence — with translation memory maximising consistency across thousands of patent families and TM reuse delivering significant cost efficiency at volume.

Portfolio TranslationM&A Due DiligenceIP Harmonisation

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IP Licensing, Assignments & Agreements

Patent licensing agreements, technology transfer contracts, exclusive and non-exclusive IP assignment documentation, cross-licensing frameworks, and royalty agreements — translated with bilingual legal precision and defined-term consistency enforced across every agreement in the suite.

LicensingAssignmentsTech TransferRoyalty Agreements

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Patent Litigation & Opposition Documents

Inter partes review (IPR) filings, opposition proceedings, invalidity contentions, claim construction briefs, expert declarations, and arbitration documentation — certified and formatted for the procedural requirements of national courts and international patent dispute tribunals.

IPR FilingsOppositionInvalidityExpert Declarations

The Patent Translation Risk

In Patent Claims,
One Word Changes Everything

The six failure modes that cost R&D-intensive enterprises patent rights, filing cycles, and competitive position — and why they persist with generalist vendors and unvalidated AI tools.

Claim Scope Risk

Imprecise Claim Translation Narrows or Invalidates Patent Protection

Patent claims define the legal boundaries of IP protection. A single imprecise term — a generic noun where a defined technical term is required, or a verb that implies process specificity that the claim does not intend — can narrow the scope of granted protection or create invalidity grounds during litigation that cost millions to defend.

AI Disclosure — 2026

USPTO, EPO & CNIPA Require Disclosed Human Oversight for AI-Assisted Patent Translations

USPTO's 2024 AI guidance and EPO's 2025 AI framework both require patent applicants to disclose AI involvement in translation and confirm qualified human review. Submitting AI-only translations without ISO 18587-aligned post-editing documentation — or failing to disclose AI use when required — now creates grounds for rejection and opposition in every major patent jurisdiction.

Confidentiality Breach

Pre-Grant Patent Applications Sent to Unvetted Translators Without NDA or Encryption

A patent application is commercially sensitive from the moment of filing — often representing years of R&D investment and a competitive moat that has not yet been published. Routing pre-grant patent content through unvetted freelancers, unencrypted email exchanges, or general-purpose AI tools without confidentiality controls creates IP disclosure risk that cannot be undone.

Terminology Inconsistency

Defined Technical Terms Translated Inconsistently Across a Patent Family

A patent family filing across 8 jurisdictions — WIPO PCT, EPO, USPTO, CNIPA, JPO, KIPO, INPI, and EUIPO — must render every defined technical term identically across every language version. Fragmented vendor chains without shared translation memories produce terminology drift that creates inter-jurisdictional inconsistency — a vulnerability opposing counsel actively searches for during litigation.

Rejection Risk

Office Actions Received Due to Formatting Non-Compliance with Target Patent Office Rules

Every patent office — EPO, USPTO, CNIPA, JPO — enforces specific formatting requirements for translated applications: claim numbering conventions, line-by-line structure, figure reference formatting, and XML tagging for digital submission. Non-compliant formatting generates avoidable office actions that delay grant and add prosecution cost without adding any substantive value to the application.

M&A IP Risk

Post-Merger Patent Portfolios Contain Unresolved Translation Errors — Discovered in Due Diligence

In cross-border M&A transactions, acquired patent portfolios containing translation errors — inconsistent claim scope across jurisdictions, incorrect technical terminology, unresolved office actions — are increasingly discovered during IP due diligence, creating negotiation leverage for the acquirer and reducing transaction value for the seller. Prevention costs a fraction of the impact.

Patent SOP & Delivery Process

Eight Steps Built for
IP Precision at Scale.

White Globe's patent translation SOP is engineered for the filing accuracy, terminology consistency, jurisdictional compliance, and absolute confidentiality that R&D leaders and IP counsel require.

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Intake, Scope & Confidentiality Activation

Source patent files collected (PDF, DOCX, XML, scanned). Jurisdiction targets confirmed, document types identified, certification requirements defined. NDAs executed for all project team members. IP-specialist PM assigned. Pre-grant sensitivity flag activated throughout Lang Tech™ platform.

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TM & Patent Glossary Setup

Client-specific Translation Memory loaded or created. Domain bilingual glossary built — technical and legal terminology, defined claim terms, jurisdiction-specific style guides. OCR and document tagging applied to scanned or image-based patent files. Jurisdiction formatting templates activated.

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AI Pre-Translation via Lang Tech™

Lang Tech™ pre-translates high-confidence TM matches and non-critical descriptive sections. Domain-trained AI engines applied. Critical sections — independent claims, abstract, drawings references — flagged for human-only handling with no AI suggestion applied.

AI-Enabled

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Patent Linguist Post-Editing

Certified patent translators — matched by technical domain (pharma, automotive, electronics, chemistry, biotech) and target jurisdiction — post-edit with full attention to claim fidelity, legal construct accuracy, scientific/technical content precision, and glossary enforcement throughout.

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STEP 05

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Legal & Technical Peer Review

Senior bilingual patent expert or bilingual patent attorney reviews for legal coherence, cross-reference accuracy between claims and drawings, jurisdiction-specific phrasing, and terminological consistency across every section — abstract, description, claims, and sequence listings.

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STEP 06

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Automated & Manual QA

Xbench, Verifika, and QA Distiller run automated checks: placeholder mismatches, untranslated segments, number and tag errors, terminology inconsistencies. Manual QA validates legal formatting, line numbers, heading structure, claim numbering, annotations, and figure references per target office requirements.

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Legal Formatting, Tagging & Certification

Translated output reformatted to comply with target patent office templates — EPO line-by-line structure, USPTO claim formatting, CNIPA layout standards, WIPO PCT form compliance. Diagrams, figures, and annotations embedded in required layout. XML tagging for digital submission. Translator certification applied where required by jurisdiction.

DTP + Legal

STEP 08

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Secure Delivery & TM Archive

Final documents delivered via Lang Tech™ encrypted download — DOCX, XML, PDF, XLIFF, or court-accepted format. Role-based access control. Full audit trail preserved. TM and termbase updated for future patent family filings — delivering compounding cost efficiency across multi-year filing programmes.

Platform

Technology & Tools Stack

ISO 27001

CAT / TMS	Lang Tech™Trados StudioMemoQPhrase
QA Tools	XbenchVerifikaQA Distiller
DTP	Adobe InDesignFrameMakerAutoCADXML Editor
OCR	ABBYY FineReaderAdobe Pro
Terminology	SDL MultiTermMemoQ TermBaseTBX Format
Security	AWS HostingNo Download PolicyRole-Based Access

Patent Linguist Credentials

ISO 17100

WIPO-qualified patent translators — registered and verified with the World Intellectual Property Organization for PCT and national filing translations

Domain-matched technical linguists — pharmaceutical chemistry, biotech/genomics, ADAS/EV automotive, semiconductor electronics, mechanical engineering, and green energy

Bilingual patent attorneys — JD/LLB-qualified bilingual legal professionals available for high-stakes claim review, office action responses, and litigation documentation

ATA, ITI, NAATI certified translators matched by jurisdiction — including court-authorized sworn translators for EPO, CNIPA, and JPO proceedings

ISO 17100 & 18587 performance-scored — every linguist tracked project-by-project in Lang Tech™, enabling consistent assignment of top-rated resources to priority patent portfolios

Patent Office Jurisdiction Coverage

Every Major Patent Office.
Every Filing Format. Every Language.

Each patent office enforces its own mandatory formatting structure, language requirements, and examination conventions. White Globe's jurisdiction desks know every rule — so your filings arrive ready to examine, not ready to be rejected.

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WIPO / PCT

International Filing · 153 Member States

PCT application translation aligned with WIPO structure — claims, description, abstract, and sequence listings to Chapter I and Chapter II requirements

National phase entry documentation prepared for every PCT designated state simultaneously

WIPO PATENTSCOPE-aligned formatting for all translated documents

2025 WIPO AI disclosure guidance incorporated — human review documentation provided on request

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EPO / Europe

European Patent Convention · 39 Member States

EPC-compliant translation with precise legal phrasing — line-by-line formatting, claim numbering, and figure reference conventions enforced throughout

Post-grant validation translations for all European national phase countries — including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands

EPO opposition and appeal proceedings documentation in English, French, and German

EU Patent with Unitary Effect (UPC) documentation translated across all 17 participating states

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USPTO / United States

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Certified translator declaration required for all non-English patent applications — White Globe provides jurisdiction-compliant certification statements for every translated filing

USPTO claim structuring conventions enforced — preamble, transition, and body structure aligned to US patent practice

Inter partes review (IPR) and ex parte reexamination documentation with litigation-ready certification

USPTO 2024 AI inventorship and AI-assisted translation disclosure requirements fully addressed

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CNIPA / China

China National Intellectual Property Administration

Specialist Mandarin legal and technical translators for invention, utility model, and design patent applications across all technology domains

CNIPA redrafted abstract and claims — often substantively adapted to Chinese patent practice conventions rather than directly translated

Chinese Patent Law 2023 amendments incorporated — enhanced protection for biotech, AI inventions, and traditional knowledge

Office action responses in Chinese with jurisdiction-specific argumentation structure aligned to CNIPA examination guidelines

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JPO & KIPO

Japan Patent Office · Korean Intellectual Property Office

Japanese patent translators with semiconductor, automotive, and robotics domain expertise for JPO filings aligned to Japanese patent drafting conventions

KIPO Korean patent applications across IT, electronics, and biotech — translated by NAATI and KIPO-registered Korean linguists

Office action responses in Japanese and Korean with local examination convention awareness

Digital apostille for JPO now supported under Japan's 2023 e-APP accession

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India & LATAM

CGPDTM · INPI · IMPI · INAPI

Indian Patent Office (CGPDTM) applications — certified translations from 40+ source languages with Indian legal terminology and bilingual formatting

INPI Brazil, IMPI Mexico, INAPI Chile — Portuguese and Spanish patent translation by jurisdiction-certified linguists with local patent office convention knowledge

DPDP Act 2023 compliance for all personal data embedded in Indian patent prosecution correspondence

GCC patent filing — Gulf Cooperation Council patent applications in Arabic for GCC Patent Office submissions

White Globe's patent jurisdiction coverage extends to 40+ national IP offices — including EUIPO, AFRO (African Regional), OAPI (Francophone Africa), and ARIPO. Multi-country filing programmes co-ordinated by a single dedicated patent PM.

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Client Impact

From 21 Days to 9.
Across Three Patent Offices.

Automotive OEM · Global Patent Filing Programme

Reduced 3-Country Patent Filing Translation Time by 57% for a Global Auto OEM

A global automotive OEM was filing EV platform patents simultaneously with USPTO, EPO, and CNIPA — requiring precise technical translation in English, German, French, and Mandarin within a tight filing window. Fragmented vendor management was creating a 21-day translation bottleneck that was delaying patent grant in key markets and exposing the IP to competitive risk during the prosecution window.

White Globe's patent translation desk — automotive-domain linguists, shared TM across all four languages, jurisdiction-specific formatting templates, and a single dedicated PM co-ordinating all three offices — compressed the full three-jurisdiction translation programme to 9 business days. TM leverage across the client's existing patent family delivered 40% cost reduction against previous per-word rates, with 100% claim alignment confirmed across all language versions by the client's patent counsel.

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Business days — filing translation turnaround reduced

40%

Cost reduction via translation memory leverage

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Languages delivered simultaneously — EN, DE, FR, ZH

100%

Claim alignment confirmed by patent counsel across all offices

Industries Served

Patent Translation for
Every IP-Intensive Sector

White Globe's patent linguists are domain-matched by technical field — not assigned generically. The chemistry, mechanics, electronics, or biology of your invention requires a translator who understands it, not just the language it is written in.

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Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Drug compound patents, biotech and genomic sequence inventions, clinical method patents, pharmaceutical formulation claims, and biosimilar patent strategies — with MedDRA, ICD-11, and WHO reference database familiarity.

Drug CompoundsBiotechGenomicsBiosimilars

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Automotive & EV Technology

EV platform patents, ADAS and autonomous driving systems, powertrain innovations, battery technology, HMI patents, and connected vehicle IP — with automotive engineering domain expertise across Japanese, German, Korean, and Chinese language pairs.

EV / BatteryADASPowertrainHMI

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Technology & Electronics

Semiconductor patent filings, AI and machine learning method patents, telecommunications inventions, IoT architecture patents, and software-implemented invention claims — with jurisdiction-specific software patent eligibility conventions applied per target office.

SemiconductorsAI / MLTelecomIoT

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Green Energy & Clean Tech

Solar PV technology patents, wind energy innovations, hydrogen fuel cell inventions, carbon capture methods, and green chemistry processes — the fastest-growing patent filing domain globally in 2025–26, requiring technical linguists with renewable energy domain depth.

Solar / WindHydrogenCarbon CaptureGreen Chemistry

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Engineering & Manufacturing

Mechanical engineering inventions, precision manufacturing process patents, industrial automation and robotics, heavy machinery innovations, and advanced materials — with dual German-English-Japanese patent translation expertise for the three largest engineering patent markets.

RoboticsAutomationMaterialsHeavy Machinery

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Chemicals & Specialty Materials

Organic and inorganic compound patents, polymer science inventions, specialty chemical formulation claims, adhesive and coating technology, and agrochemical patents — requiring IUPAC nomenclature precision and chemical structure referencing accuracy in every target language.

PolymersAgrochemicalsIUPACCoatings

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Medical Devices & HealthTech

Medical device patent applications for CE, FDA 510(k), and CDSCO submissions — diagnostic equipment, surgical instruments, implantable device innovations, digital health platforms, and AI-enabled diagnostic method patents with ISO 13485 domain expertise throughout.

CE MarkingFDA 510(k)DiagnosticsDigital Health

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Aerospace & Defence

Propulsion system patents, avionics and navigation innovations, space technology inventions, unmanned aerial system patents, and advanced composites — with security-cleared confidentiality protocols available for defence-sector IP programmes requiring enhanced data handling.

PropulsionAvionicsUASComposites

Why White Globe

Patent Translation
Built for IP Counsel
and R&D Leaders.

White Globe is not a generic translation vendor that handles patent documents. Our patent translation practice is purpose-built for the filing accuracy, terminology governance, jurisdictional compliance, and pre-grant confidentiality that IP counsel and R&D heads cannot compromise on. Trusted by 50+ Fortune 500 IP departments across Pharma, Automotive, Technology, and Chemicals globally — and the only Indian LSP ranked in the Slator Global Top 100.

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Major patent offices with dedicated jurisdiction desks

40%

Average cost reduction via TM reuse across patent families

50+

Fortune 500 IP and R&D clients globally

57%

Turnaround improvement achieved for leading auto OEM

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Domain-Matched Technical Linguists — Not Generalists

Patent translation requires translators who understand the technology, not just the language. White Globe matches every patent project to linguists with relevant technical domain expertise — pharmaceutical chemistry, automotive engineering, semiconductor physics, biotech — ensuring the science is translated, not just the words.

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Pre-Grant IP Confidentiality — The Most Secure Patent Translation Platform in Asia

No patent file is ever emailed. No linguist ever accesses a complete patent document. Lang Tech™'s string-based segmentation, AWS encryption, NDA-covered project teams, and role-based access control deliver the pre-grant confidentiality that IP counsel and GCs require before a patent application is published.

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TM-Driven Cost Efficiency Across Multi-Year Patent Portfolios

Translation memory built from your first patent project compounds in value across every subsequent filing — reducing cost on repeated terminology, standard claim structures, and common technical descriptions. Clients filing 100+ patents annually typically achieve 35–50% cost reduction within 18 months of programme initiation.

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ISO 18587-Aligned — Fully Compliant with 2026 USPTO, EPO & CNIPA AI Guidance

Every White Globe patent translation project produces documented evidence of qualified human post-editing, ISO 18587 alignment, and linguist accountability — satisfying the AI disclosure and oversight requirements introduced by USPTO (2024), EPO (2025), and CNIPA across all major patent jurisdictions.

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Single Partner — Full Patent Lifecycle, All Jurisdictions

From PCT application to national phase entry, office action response, post-grant validation, opposition proceedings, and IP licensing documentation — White Globe manages every translation touchpoint across the complete patent lifecycle under a single SLA, single PM, and single quality standard.

Industry Shifts — 2026

What Is Reshaping
Patent Translation in 2026

Six forces redefining what IP-intensive enterprises, patent counsel, and R&D heads need from a patent translation partner — and why White Globe is already positioned to deliver.

AI Disclosure

USPTO, EPO & CNIPA Now Require Documented Human Oversight for AI-Assisted Patent Translations

USPTO's 2024 AI inventorship guidance and EPO's 2025 AI framework both require patent applicants to disclose AI involvement in translation and confirm that qualified human review has been conducted. CNIPA issued equivalent guidance in Q1 2025. LSPs that cannot document ISO 18587-aligned human post-editing and linguist accountability are creating rejection risk — and potential invalidity grounds — for their clients' patent portfolios across all three major IP offices.

Green Tech Surge

Clean Energy Patent Filings Hit Record Volume — Green Tech Now the Fastest-Growing IP Domain

WIPO's 2025 patent data shows clean energy technology overtaking ICT as the fastest-growing patent filing domain globally — driven by solar PV, hydrogen fuel cells, battery technology, and carbon capture inventions. Enterprises scaling green technology IP programmes need patent translation partners with renewable energy domain linguists already onboarded and TM built for clean tech terminology — not general-purpose translators attempting technical precision.

UPC Launch Impact

EU Unified Patent Court Is Reshaping European Patent Translation Strategy for All Enterprises

The Unitary Patent system — in force since June 2023, with UPC jurisdiction now expanding — means enterprises can validate a single European patent across 17 EU member states without individual national translation requirements. However, UPC proceedings are conducted in English, French, or German — meaning litigation and opposition translations for the UPC require specialist legal-linguistic expertise distinct from standard patent translation. White Globe's UPC translation desk is operational across all three official UPC languages.

China IP Reform

China Patent Law 2023 Amendments Create New Translation Requirements for Biotech & AI Patents

China's 2023 Patent Law amendments introduce enhanced protection frameworks for biotechnology inventions, traditional knowledge, and AI-generated inventions — each with distinct claim structure and description requirements that differ from prior CNIPA practice. Enterprises filing biotech and AI patents in China now need translators with updated CNIPA examination guideline knowledge, not generic Mandarin legal translators applying pre-2023 conventions.

M&A IP Due Diligence

Cross-Border M&A Driving Record Demand for IP Portfolio Translation and Harmonisation

Cross-border M&A activity at record 2025–26 levels means IP due diligence — reviewing acquired patent portfolios for claim scope accuracy, inter-jurisdictional consistency, and translation quality across potentially thousands of patent families — is creating urgent, high-volume patent translation demand on short deal timelines. Enterprises without a pre-qualified patent translation partner in place are forced into rushed vendor selection at exactly the moment when quality risk is highest.

AI Patent Filings

AI-Invented and AI-Assisted Inventions Generating a New Category of Patent Translation Complexity

AI-generated and AI-assisted inventions — from generative AI drug discovery to autonomous system design — present novel claim drafting challenges that propagate into translation complexity. Jurisdictions are diverging on AI inventorship: USPTO excludes AI inventors, EPO is developing position, CNIPA has the world's largest AI patent filing volume. Patent translation for AI inventions requires linguists who understand both the technical content and the evolving jurisdictional treatment of AI-origin IP.

Protect Innovation.
File Everywhere.
Win Every Market.

Every Patent Document.
Every Filing Stage. Every Office.

In Patent Claims,
One Word Changes Everything

Eight Steps Built for
IP Precision at Scale.

Every Major Patent Office.
Every Filing Format. Every Language.

From 21 Days to 9.
Across Three Patent Offices.

Reduced 3-Country Patent Filing Translation Time by 57% for a Global Auto OEM

Patent Translation for
Every IP-Intensive Sector

Patent Translation
Built for IP Counsel
and R&D Leaders.

What Is Reshaping
Patent Translation in 2026

Protect Your Innovation.
In Every Language.

Protect Innovation. File Everywhere. Win Every Market.

Every Patent Document.Every Filing Stage. Every Office.

In Patent Claims,One Word Changes Everything

Eight Steps Built forIP Precision at Scale.

Every Major Patent Office.Every Filing Format. Every Language.

From 21 Days to 9.Across Three Patent Offices.

Reduced 3-Country Patent Filing Translation Time by 57% for a Global Auto OEM

Patent Translation forEvery IP-Intensive Sector

Patent TranslationBuilt for IP Counseland R&D Leaders.

What Is ReshapingPatent Translation in 2026

Protect Your Innovation.In Every Language.

Protect Innovation.
File Everywhere.
Win Every Market.

Every Patent Document.
Every Filing Stage. Every Office.

In Patent Claims,
One Word Changes Everything

Eight Steps Built for
IP Precision at Scale.

Every Major Patent Office.
Every Filing Format. Every Language.

From 21 Days to 9.
Across Three Patent Offices.

Patent Translation for
Every IP-Intensive Sector

Patent Translation
Built for IP Counsel
and R&D Leaders.

What Is Reshaping
Patent Translation in 2026

Protect Your Innovation.
In Every Language.