Patent and intellectual property translation

Documents and stages

We can help with claims, descriptions, abstracts, supporting technical material, correspondence and documents for opposition or other IP proceedings. A project may involve a full specification, an amended set of claims or documents linked to an existing family.

Share the final source version, the language of proceedings and any previous translations. If amendments or related applications use established terms, provide those references at the outset.

Keep terminology aligned across the family

The same technical concept can appear in the claims, description and subsequent amendments. Consistency matters, but so does reflecting changes in the source. We work with your glossary and reference documents and can use translation memory to support consistent treatment of recurring material.

Where terminology or meaning needs clarification, we agree how questions will be returned to your patent attorney or nominated technical contact. Legal interpretation and filing decisions remain with your advisers.

Plan around the deadline

Patent procedures have specific translation and filing requirements that depend on the jurisdiction and stage. Your patent attorney or filing representative should confirm the applicable requirements and dates.

We plan the translation assignment around the delivery date you provide. Include any intermediate review time, source changes and format requirements when requesting a quote. We will confirm the available schedule and scope before work begins.

A revised claim may turn on a small change in scope. Distinguish the final amended claims from earlier drafts and tell us which existing translation should be used as a terminology reference.