Search Japanese Patents and Utility Models in English

When translating patents, accuracy is of the utmost importance. Lighthouse IP Group patent translations services aims for highest accuracy through our in-house developed dictionaries, specialist translation teams and strict QA procedures.

Lighthouse IP Group’s approach to Japanese patent translations

We have created a distinctive and extensive data set, machine translated (MT) into English of patents and utility models published in Japan from 1913 to date. The data set contains over 11 million documents, and contains searchable full text of granted patents from 1994 and patent applications from 1993. All documents have bibliographic information and intellectual property patent classifications (F Terms, FI, IPC and some ECLA);

To assure the highest quality and accuracy a team of experienced linguists monitor the machine translations process and manually translate parts of patents. For maximum understanding of patents, images within the main body of the specification (embedded or inline images) have been made available. Abstracts of patent data translations are available for patent applications from 1976 to date. The English (MT) version is produced using the latest linguistic rule-based machine translation techniques; combined with Lighthouse IP Group’s own proprietary dictionaries based around IPC codes. Some aspects of the specifications cannot be translated by machine, and for these we have a team of experienced linguists. The searchable full text data set is also available in the original language. The complete Lighthouse IP Group Japan data set will be available in 2012 to Dialog customers as part of the new ProQuest Dialog patents collection.

Client Benefits and highlights

• Searchable full text English language version of Japanese patents
• Fast access to legal status events needed for freedom to operate (FTO) analysis
• Multiple access options to suit your businesses’ needs: from licensing entire texts to subtract from a single patent
• Continuous expansion and improvement: we are adding full text English machine translations for Utility Models and older document to complete the data set
• Understanding Japanese patents through abstracting or data mining
• Kind Codes: JP, A, B, U, Y
• Events in English from the EPO’s PRS
• Weekly update frequency of patent translations
• Using the latest linguistic statistical machine translations (MT) techniques
• In-house developed proprietary dictionaries are based around IPC codes
• Up-to-date patent information: available within two weeks of publication date
• All industry standard formats available: XML, PDF in Japanese; XML in English MT, embedded images
• Complete Current and Historical Events in English for legal status
• Cited references of Granted Patents (B) from 2000 to date

What makes Lighthouse IP Group patent translations distinctive?

Lighthouse IP Group brings a combination of patent translations understanding, data handling and Japanese patent expertise together under one roof. For maximum understanding of patents, images have been made available. Be the first to know about new publications: within two weeks patents are translated by our intelligent machine translator and efficient human aided translation machines. Our strict quality procedures ensure high quality, searchable Japanese patent translations.