# Ideas and inventions from FAU

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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.

## Video series

The following is one of a series of videos at FAU explaining the various aspects of intellectual property:

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- [## 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/)