Case Study: Leading Patent Company achieves higher translation quality and productivity with RWS

Patent Office Achieves Higher Translation Quality and Productivity

A Tokyo-based patent office specializing in complex IP work faced rising patent application volumes that strained its manual translation process. The team needed to improve accuracy, consistency and throughput without adding staff, and sought a language solution that could reduce repetitive typing and speed up reviews.

After trialing and rolling out SDL Trados Studio, the office expanded licenses rapidly (from one to four within three months and ultimately to 31) and implemented shared translation memories and termbases. The result was higher translation quality, faster turnaround, reduced manual effort, easier training for new hires, greater consistency across projects, and improved client trust and team collaboration.