Patent attorneys keep asking the wrong question. The question isn't "machine translation or human translation" — that framing was already outdated by the time most firms started asking it. The real question is which category a document falls into before a single word...
Picture an examiner in Geneva pulling up a patent filed in Seoul, running it through a translation engine, and getting a fluent, grammatically flawless English version in under two seconds. That capability is real, it's operational today, and it's genuinely...
A single mistranslated technical term buried inside a 40-page specification can quietly unravel years of research and legal spend. That's the uncomfortable reality facing IP teams that lean on raw machine output to move filings across borders faster. ⚠️ The promise of...