What should be done if a machine translation of a foreign document is not of sufficient quality for patent examination?
If a machine translation of a foreign document is not of sufficient quality for patent examination, additional steps should be taken. According to MPEP 901.05(d): “If the machine translation is not of sufficient quality, the examiner should obtain a human translation.” This implies that: Examiners should assess the quality of machine translations critically. If the…
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