From Slow to Streamlined: Drawing Workflow ROI in Law Firms
Why Drawing Workflow Deserves a Second Look In many law firms, drawing workflows remain informal or fragmented. Attorneys sketch on paper. Paralegals assemble drafts. Drafters go back and forth through email. Each team member plays a role—but the process is often slow, inconsistent, and hard to scale.
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Figure Preparation Is a Bottleneck — and an Opportunity In many patent teams, drawings are the silent bottleneck.
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Why Drawing Practices Shouldn’t Vary Team to Team In many IP teams, figure preparation and editing are handled differently by each drafter, assistant, or attorney. Some use outside vendors. Others edit manually. Some rely on legacy templates that no one maintains.
Read MoreTraining ROI: What Happens When Paralegals Learn to Fix Figures
Why This Question Matters Firms often ask: “Is it worth training paralegals to fix patent drawings?” The answer isn’t theoretical—it’s operational.
Read MoreWhy Your IP Team’s Drawing Workflow May Be Slowing Down Filings
When Drawings Delay the Filing — But No One Notices Patent drawings are essential, but they’re often treated as a background task. A figure is requested, created, reviewed, and revised—but without a defined workflow, this process quietly introduces delays that affect the entire filing timeline.
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