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Collaboration

E1. Innovation 2013-2016

Collaboration

Number 2013 2014 2015 2016
Reported inventions 54 51 64 71
Patent applications 14 21 20 17
Patents issued 9 4 1 7
Licence, sales and option agreements (including software) 13 18 20 21
Total licence portfolio (excluding software) 47 53 70 76
Spin-out companies established 3 1 0 5
Technology transfer staff (FTEs) 18 21 23 23
Research contracts with companies 381 415 418 481
Amounts in EUR 1,000
Commercialisation costs 1,108 1,014 916 802
Income from commercialisation 442 507 652 616

E2. Public lectures 2013-2016

Collaboration

Number 2013 2014 2015 2016
The Danish University Extension
Participants 46,380 47,707 56,844 61,838
Activities offered by AU researchers 297 354 313 370
Public natural sciences lectures
Participants at the Lakeside Lecture Theatres 19,551 22,018 18,104 17,727
Live transmission of lectures elsewhere in the country - - - 75

E3. No. of visitors to associated museums in 2013-2016

Collaboration

Number 2013 2014 2015 2016
Moesgaard Museum* 75,148 151,361 547,844 401,420
Museum of Natural History 58,922 61,375 -- --
The Science Museums** - 173,330 256,750 263,761
Orion Planetarium 5,880 7,272 8,793 8,125
Museum of Ancient Art 5,863 7,584 5,900 8,491

*Moesgaard Museum was under reconstruction in 2013

** The Science Museums include the Steno Museum and the Herbarium in the University Park, the Greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens and the Ole Rømer Observatory in Højbjerg.