TOKYO, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Local Language Interface Accelerates Business Decisions and Improves User Experience

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today the launch of a Thomson Innovation(SM) user interface in Japanese ( www.thomsoninnovation.com) to enhance productivity and decision making for Japanese intellectual property (IP) professionals. Japan remains the worldwide leader in published patents according to an analysis of data in Derwent World Patent Index(R), the world's most comprehensive database of enhanced patent documents.

Thomson Innovation, recognized by RD Magazine as one of the top 100 most technologically significant products in 2008, integrates intellectual property, scientific literature, business data and news with analytic, collaboration and alerting tools. Researchers, information professionals, attorneys and analysts can simultaneously search global patent data, Japanese and Asian patent sources, scientific literature, and business and news content to help their companies inspire innovation, drive strategy, increase productivity and gain a competitive advantage.

We understand our customers' IP needs and the business and cultural context in Japan. By providing access to Thomson Innovation in Japanese, we allow customers to provide broader access to critical worldwide research throughout their organizations, said Mr. Masaki Nagao, managing director of the Japan Regional Business Unit, Scientific business of Thomson Reuters. We also provide local customer support, local sales management and local training. By removing the language barrier, we are helping our customers to optimize their effectiveness and accelerate their business decisions in today's dynamic marketplace.

Thomson Innovation is the most complete resource for prior art and competitive intelligence research with:

-- Comprehensive coverage of Asia-Pacific patent information in English, including Japanese full-text, Korean abstracts and editorially-enhanced abstracts of Chinese data

-- A fully-integrated, searchable patent database combining Derwent World Patents Index(R) (DWPI) editorially-enhanced records with full-text documents

-- The ability to search patents, scientific literature and business and news information simultaneously

-- Support of strategic IP decision making through powerful analysis and visualization tools, such as charting, citation mapping and search result ranking

-- Enhanced collaboration capabilities, including customizable folder structures that enable users to organize, annotate, search and share relevant files

Localizing the user interface in Japanese for Thomson Innovation means enhanced usability for our customers, enabling them to access our global, award-winning IP research and analysis resource with valued-added DWPI more easily within their local business environment, said Mr. Mark Garlinghouse, vice president and managing director of the Asia Pacific Scientific business of Thomson Reuters. This investment demonstrates our strong commitment to Japan and plans to expand our market here with corporate solutions.

There will be a demonstration of the Thomson Innovation user interface in Japanese at the Patent Information Fair Conference at the Science Museum in Tokyo (Hall 5, Booth 30) from November 5-6. Supported by Japan Patent Information Organization and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the fair is the biggest IP tradeshow in Japan.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. For more information, go to thomsonreuters.com.

Pamela Lim, Manager, PR Communications, Scientific, of Thomson Reuters, +65-6411-6737, Pamela.lim@thomsonreuters.com