Case Study: Trane Technologies achieves streamlined outside counsel management and improved IP outcomes with Anaqua

Enabling Outside Counsel Success

Trane Technologies, a multinational manufacturer of climate-control solutions, faced mounting overhead from managing dozens of domestic and international outside counsel for patent prosecution. The in-house IP team was spending excessive time on manual tracking and qualitative assessments, lacking consistent quantitative KPIs to evaluate firm performance and refocus on strategic work.

The team, led by Sr. Legal Operations Analyst Tim Melchior, leveraged the ANAQUA platform to capture objective metrics (e.g., allowance rate, pendency, time to draft & file, office actions, spend) and paired them with existing qualitative reviews via a consolidated dashboard. The data-driven approach improved visibility and accountability, enabled targeted feedback and training, reduced outside firms from 30+ to 9, and freed the legal team to concentrate on higher‑value tasks while continuously improving outside counsel performance.

Trane Technologies

Tim Melchior

Sr. Legal Operations Analyst