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Patents and licenses
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Patents and licenses

Source: https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/patents-and-licenses/ Parent: https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/

FAU has always been home to inventors. Many things we take for granted today were either invented by scientists at FAU or would not have been possible without their initial research: the MP3 format, computer tomography, the first synthetic painkiller Antipyrine, endoscopy or the hydrogen carrier LOHC are just a few of the many examples.

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Innovation is more than just a buzzword at FAU, with staff constantly exploring new ideas and carrying out innovative research. These lead to exciting developments, surprising discoveries and effective innovations. The following is one of a series of videos at FAU explaining the various aspects of intellectual property:

Read more about Ideas and inventions from FAU](https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/patents-and-licenses/ideas-and-inventions-from-fau/) - [## Commercializing ideas and inventions

FAU has always been home to inventors. Many things we take for granted today were either invented by scientists at FAU or would not have been possible without their initial research: the MP3 format, computer tomography, the first synthetic painkiller Antipyrine, endoscopy or the hydrogen carrier LOHC are just a few of the many examples. […]

Read more about Commercializing ideas and inventions](https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/patents-and-licenses/commercializing-ideas-and-inventions/) - [## IP transfer for startups

FAU offers a special FAU trusted handshake model for IP-based start-ups. The FAU trusted handshake involves three standardized models for participation in spin-offs that allow contracts for start-ups outside the area of pharmaceuticals and life sciences to be negotiated as quickly and straightforwardly as possible. A start-up can choose from the models frontflip, balanced or […]

Read more about IP transfer for startups](https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/patents-and-licenses/ip-transfer-for-startups/) - [## IP policy of FAU

With its strength in both fundamental research and application-oriented research, FAU has a significant contribution to make towards driving scientific and academic progress in key areas of society. FAU sees it as its duty to make this contribution, based on the principle of the freedom of teaching and research. Our guiding principles As a university […]

Read more about IP policy of FAU](https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/patents-and-licenses/ip-policy-of-fau/)