Translating Japanese applications for prosecution is notoriously difficult, and historically expensive, for two distinct reasons.
First, it requires a genuine expert with the experience and judgment to understand the objectives that underlie the drafting choices made by the Japanese attorney and accurately capture that scope in English. There is no substitute for human understanding when making big-picture calls about terminology and phrasing.
Second, making sure terminology and phrasing remain completely consistent across claims, descriptions, and examples, and that nothing is omitted or erroneously included, is a high-skill, time-consuming job.
To solve this second challenge, Patent Translations Inc. developed PatentCAT, a rules-based environment that uses a secure AI model to prescreen the application for recurring terms and linguistic structures, and implements real-time guardrails that automatically enforce consistency and systematically prevent omission or false inclusion.
By pairing human expertise with automated quality control, we deliver a superior translation in less time, which translates to surprisingly reasonable prices.