European patent validation services with integrated translations

Protect granted European patents with one governed workflow designed to reduce risk, simplify coordination and help your team act quickly with confidence. 

RWS supports accurate execution across jurisdictions, with fully integrated patent translations, giving you greater visibility, stronger cost control and less administrative burden at a critical stage.

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Protect your European patent with greater control

Our European patent validation service helps law firms and corporate IP teams manage validation with a single service covering translation, formalities and jurisdictional coordination. RWS helps you handle time-critical post-grant work more efficiently, with stronger continuity across countries and less operational friction.
 
inovia, RWS’s online foreign patent filing platform, gives you one place to submit instructions, get estimates, request translations and track progress across jurisdictions. That helps you stay on top of deadlines, forecast costs more clearly and keep post-grant activity moving.

Arrange translations with ease – and get instant estimates

Through inovia, you can get instant estimates for translations, request the work you need and track progress in one place. That helps you get translation work underway quickly once your patent is granted.
 
You can follow status, deadlines and next steps as work progresses, while RWS coordinates translation through specialist patent translators with expertise in the relevant technical field.
 
That gives you a more efficient way to manage translation at grant, with greater confidence in quality, timing and delivery.

Unitary Patent support

If you choose the Unitary Patent route, RWS helps you complete the translation and formalities work needed after grant, keeping everything aligned with the wider filing activity around that patent.
 
You can stay on top of what needs to happen next, while RWS coordinates the work required to put Unitary Patent protection in place accurately and on time. This supports a more efficient post-grant process, with less chasing, clearer accountability and better continuity from grant into maintenance.

Why choose RWS?

Broader IP lifecycle coverage

RWS supports more than European patent validation. We also help you manage renewals and recordals, giving you practical help with the administrative work that continues after filing and validation. That means a more joined-up approach to protecting and maintaining your portfolio over time.

Supporting all major filing routes

We handle all major filing routes, including PCT National Phase Entry, Direct Filing, European Validation and Unitary Patent filing. Combined with validation services, patent translation and online filing tools, this helps you manage post-grant activity more efficiently in multiple jurisdictions.

Expertise behind every filing

Through inovia, you can access RWS’s wider network of professionals, including IP specialists, administrators and paralegals. That gives you a more connected way to manage filing and post-grant work, with expert knowledge behind the process at every stage.

Broader IP lifecycle coverage

RWS supports more than European patent validation. We also help you manage renewals and recordals, giving you practical help with the administrative work that continues after filing and validation. That means a more joined-up approach to protecting and maintaining your portfolio over time.

Supporting all major filing routes

We handle all major filing routes, including PCT National Phase Entry, Direct Filing, European Validation and Unitary Patent filing. Combined with validation services, patent translation and online filing tools, this helps you manage post-grant activity more efficiently in multiple jurisdictions.

Expertise behind every filing

Through inovia, you can access RWS’s wider network of professionals, including IP specialists, administrators and paralegals. That gives you a more connected way to manage filing and post-grant work, with expert knowledge behind the process at every stage.
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Frequently asked questions about European patent validation

It helps clients validate granted European patents with greater accuracy, visibility and control, while reducing administrative burden and execution risk.
It is designed for corporate IP teams and law firms managing European patent portfolios, especially where validation work is high value, high volume or operationally complex.
RWS brings translation, route visibility and execution support into a single governed workflow. That reduces fragmentation, improves accountability and gives clients a clearer view of scope, progress and cost.
Yes. The service supports validation planning and execution across Unitary Patent and national patent routes, depending on client needs and portfolio strategy.
Yes. IP specialist translation is integrated into the workflow to support consistency, claim integrity and accurate execution across jurisdictions.
Clients gain stronger control at grant, better visibility across jurisdictions, reduced internal admin and a more consistent approach to validation delivery.
No. RWS supports execution, coordination and governance. Legal strategy, advice and client decision-making remain with the client or their legal representatives.