At the 2015 iENA international specialist trade fair for “Ideas – Inventions – New Products” in Nuremberg, scientists from Thuringian universities and research institutes achieved excellent results at the awards ceremony for the best inventions: they won four gold, five silver, and three bronze medals. More than 700 inventions from 36 countries were introduced this year at the iENA. The medals will be presented to the victorious research teams at a celebratory event held by the Thuringian State Patent Center PATON at the TU Ilmenau on December 16, 2015.