On April 1, 2020, the Japanese Design Law was amended to grant design rights to images, architecture, and interior. JPO published the current status of these applications on March 9, 2023 (pdf, in Japanese).
| No. | Image | Architecture | Interior |
| Applications | 3,904 | 1.030 | 743 |
| Registrations | 2,210 | 647 | 415 |
The registered design examples on images, architecture, and interior are shown below.
Image
- Image for Icon (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, No. 1738176)
- Image for displaying vehicle information(Koito Manufacturing Co., No.1727909)
Architecture
- Housing (Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd., No. 1725683)
- Office (Kumagai Gumi Co.,Ltd., No.1722569)
Interior
- Interior of common areas of condominiums(Misawa Home Co. No.1671961)
- Automotive interiors(AZAPA Co.,Ltd.,No. 1687599)
