Graz universities celebrated their flashes of genius

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TU Graz, Med Uni Graz and Uni Graz honoured particularly ’inventive’
TU Graz, Med Uni Graz and Uni Graz honoured particularly ’inventive’ researchers in a joint ceremony. © Lunghammer - TU Graz
By Christoph Pelzl Med Uni Graz, TU Graz and Uni Graz yesterday honoured those scientists who have pioneered research in the last two years with their inventions and patents. Since 2015, the Medical University of Graz, Graz University of Technology and the University of Graz have been honouring particularly "inventive" researchers in a joint ceremony every two years. 260 scientists were invited to the third occasion of this award, whose inventive talent produced no less than 169 invention disclosures and 71 patent applications between July 2017 and June 2019. The three Graz universities have thus recorded a total of around 1200 inventions over the past fifteen years. Hellmut Samonigg (Rector of the Medical University of Graz), Martin Polaschek (Rector of the University of Graz) and Horst Bischof (Vice Rector for Research at Graz University of Technology) underlined in their welcoming addresses the importance of these achievements for Styria: "Universities are places of innovation. Inventions and patents are an essential factor in the measurability of innovation in research. Applicable technologies produced by the research work of our scientists are a guarantee of social progress and an essential basis for a strong, efficient economy." Competent support: from the idea to the patent application.
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