Google has come up with an agreement with Munich based European patent authorities this Thursday,aiding in translating about 50 million patents.Well last year in November 2010, Google announced to take this project.Google is expected to provide translations in 28 European languages. The entire process is estimated to be accomplished by 2014. Google Inc. will only provide the translations without altering the legal aspects associated with the patent documents.Along with the European languages, Google is also working towards providing translations in Russian,Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
As the European continent enjoys plethora of official languages, it becomes extremely important to provide a substantial linguistic communication method like translation. It will surely improve access to the patents and better understanding of the patent documents in one's own language. Google's online mechanized translation is expected to aid researchers ,inventors and applicants who will be benefitted with such a technology during filing of patents ,online search for patent documents,etc. All in all, a crisp and decent move to ensure better regulation of Intellectual property.
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