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cjal-3216	Harris Jr., H. Stephen	Competition Law and Patent Protection in Japan: a Half-Century of Progress, a New Millennium of Challenges	2003	70	.pdf	application/pdf	31192	1276	45	See generally JAPANESE PATENT OFFICE IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION OF INDUSTRIALLY APPLICABLE INVENTIONS, 1.1 (Feb. 27, 1997), available at http://www.ipo-miti.go.io/infoe/txt/indstry-e.txt (listing inventions that are not considered to be patentable under the Patent Act, which include, but are not limited to: natural laws, as such; mere discoveries where the inventor does not create a technical idea; personal skill; aesthetic creations; and mere presentation of information).2 96 See Japan Fair Trade Commission, ANNOUNCEMENT OF STUDY GROUP CONCERNING PATENTS IN NEW AREAS AND COMPETITION POLICY, Mar. 22, 2002, available at http://www.iftc.go.ip! pressrelease/02.march/02032201.pdf. 37 See Japan Patent Office, TRENDS IN INDUSTRY PROPERTY RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS (Aug. 2001), available at http://www.ipo.go.ip/tousie/1308-049.htm; Japan Patent Office, THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS IN 2001 (Apr. 20, 2002), available at http://www.ipo.go.ip/tousie/report a r e.htm.	cache/cjal-3216.pdf	txt/cjal-3216.txt