RWS Holdings is a holding company, which provides intellectual property support services (patent translations, international patent filing solutions and searches), in life sciences translations and linguistic validation. The company provides specialist language service in other technical areas. RWS has four operating segments: RWS Patent Translation & Filing division which provides patent translation and filing services: RWS Patent Information division which provides a range of patent search, retrieval and monitoring services as well as a comprehensive patent database service accessible; RWS Life Sciences division which provides technical translations and linguistic validation to the medical and pharmaceutical sector. This division includes the LUZ, Inc, and RWS Language Solutions division, which provide non-patent or non-life science technical translations.