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The new WIPO ST.26 Standard promises a more efficient, harmonized, and automatic process for Sequence Listing where not a bit of information is left behind. But, how is all this translated?

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) borned in 1967 to promote the protection of intellectual property across the world and to ensure administrative cooperation among the intellectual property organizations. Here check their history.

Knowledge and technology are expanding across the globe. Patents applications are increasingly taking place alongside the need for its translation. Why is this so important for Patent Offices and us as the General Public?

The Florentine genius, Leonardo da Vinci, designed numerous inventions throughout his life, some of which we use today. Patents did not yet exist in his time and to protect his inventions, Da Vinci wrote his notes backwards to make them difficult to read and to prevent them from being copied.

Patents and Brands are integrated within the concept of Industrial Property and refer to a right granted by a State to use something exclusively for a specified period of time. The patent protects a novel technology or invention while the brand protects products or services that already exist, but that seek to differentiate themselves from others.

Recently Microsoft registered a Patent with which you can improve the artificial intelligence behind a chatbot and make the answers not generic but based on the personality of a specific person.

The history of science and the development of innovations are marked by the contributions of women who envisioned and demonstrated new ideas. Although all the contributions are significant, we will talk about inventions that found a practical application. We will call the mind behind those ideas WOMEN INVENTORS OF THE 20th CENTURY.

Albert Einstein was a German physicist, who changed the way we understand our world with the introduction of the general theory of special relativity. A lesser known fact is that this brilliant scientist entered the world of Patents at the beginning of his career.

Computer-assisted translation tools are widely used in technical-professional translation, such as patent documents. Among these, WordFast and SDL Trados stand out for their tools and advantages.

The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus affected millions of people during the ongoing pandemic. Recently, Moderna obtained a Patent related to RNA vaccines against respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV. What are the basis for this and upcoming inventions?

Applications for Patent Registration can be made at the national, regional or international level. The Registration process consists of several stages to ensure the originality and patentability of the invention. First, a National Receiving Office receives, reviews, and publishes the application and after the applicant has satisfactorily answered the objections of the office and third parties, the Title of the Patent is granted.

Patent documents start by presenting the Title, Applicant, Inventor, Technical Field, and Abstract. Following the Description and Claims - the most important technical and legal parts, respectively.