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7 The Trends of Applications for Industrial Property Rights in Japan In Japan, the government formulates the “Intellectual Property Strategic Program” with the aim of strengthening international competitiveness and revitalizing economy, and is implementing measures concerning intellectual property. With the recent development of intellectual property-related policies, companies are also strengthening activities concerning the protection and exploitation, etc. of their own intellectual property. In planning the intellectual property-related policies of Japan, it is considered important to deepen discussions with a common view that is based on statistical analysis. In light of such circumstances, in this survey, we conducted eight empirical analyses in total with regard to the relationship between corporate reorganization, which has been actively conducted in many industries in recent years, and patent filing/RD investment, the existence of a solid patent production function designed to make it possible to predict the number of patent applications, uncertainty in the substantive examination of patents and its influence on companies’ application behavior, the relationship between design rights and corporate value, use structure of patents and profitability of RD, pro-patent system reform and innovation, and measurement of patent premium. Ⅰ Introduction activities in Japan. Moreover, for the “Survey of Intellectual In Japan, the government formulates the Property-Related Activities” that was used