What IP Managers Say About Training Their Teams with Us

How Do You Improve Drawing Quality Across a Whole Team?

That’s the question IP managers ask us most — especially when drawings are being prepared, reviewed, and revised by different people across multiple roles.

The answer isn’t more tools. It’s a shared method and a shared language for working with drawings.

And that’s what IP managers tell us they get when they train their teams with Patent Drawing School.

What Changes When the Whole Team Trains Together?

1. 📐 Drawing Edits Become Predictable

IP managers often oversee a mix of attorneys, paralegals, and drafters. Before training, figure edits might come back:

• Misaligned
• Inconsistently annotated
• Over-edited or under-annotated

After training, drawings follow a clear, consistent structure, with clean annotations, aligned shapes, and readable layouts — even when multiple people are involved.

“Our figures used to go through 3–4 review rounds. Now it’s usually 1.”
— IP Operations Lead, Mid-size Patent Firm

2. ⏱️ Turnaround Times Shrink

When everyone knows the same drawing process:

• Attorneys can sketch and annotate directly
• Paralegals can make changes without waiting on drafters
• Drafters get cleaner instructions and return higher-quality work

The back-and-forth that normally takes days becomes a 20-minute fix internally.

“My team now handles flowchart edits same-day. That never happened before.”
— Supervising Paralegal, Large Patent Group

3. 👥 Less Handholding, More Confidence

Before training, team members often relied on a single Visio expert or waited for markup instructions.

After training, team members feel confident:

• Opening and editing Visio files
• Adding or removing annotations
• Creating new pages or adjusting layout
• Communicating visually without constant oversight

“I don’t get asked the same questions anymore. That’s how I know the training stuck.”
— IP Manager, In-House Patent Team

4. 🧱 A Standardized Process that Scales

Whether onboarding new hires or updating existing workflows, IP managers want a process that can scale across the team.

Patent Drawing School offers that by:

• Teaching only drawing methods relevant to patent work
• Using tools that require no design background
• Providing practice files and walkthroughs for different roles

It’s not generic Visio training. It’s applied patent figure training — standardized, repeatable, and role-appropriate.

Why IP Managers Recommend It

• ✅ Trains both attorneys and staff with a shared language
• ✅ Removes bottlenecks and single points of failure
• ✅ Reduces drawing errors before they reach QA
• ✅ Accelerates sketch → review → submission timelines
• ✅ Fits into the firm’s workflow, not around it

“The ROI isn’t just time saved. It’s the confidence that our figures are right the first time.”
— Director of IP Strategy, Tech Company