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Commercializing ideas and inventions
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https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/patents-and-licenses/commercializing-id...
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Commercializing ideas and inventions

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

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.

Patent management

Erlangen is known as a patent metropolis and city of inventors. Patents come from various different areas such as robotics, medical engineering, coatings and tissue engineering. On average, research at FAU leads to more than 100 inventions and more than 70 patents being registered in any given year. Since the year 2000, more than 180 science and technology-based spin-offs have been established.

FAU’s patent management team accompanies inventions and patents during the entire process from registering an invention, to applying for a patent, to going through the necessary checks until the patent is approved, to protecting intellectual property until it is licensed or sold and organizing the associated contracts.

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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/) - [## 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/)