If the sponsor decides not to elect an exclusive license and the invention fits the criteria for an EPIC invention, then this invention may be added to the Program. Any company can obtain a nonexclusive license outside of the Program at terms no better than those most favored nations terms. The EPIC Program has the support of the School of Engineering and its departments. The licensing practices for inventions from other schools, such School of Humanities and Sciences, may be different from the EPIC Program. Any invention for which Stanford is not pursuing intellectual property protection.
Companies can use or practice any invention that is in the public domain.
The EPIC field of use is broad and reflects the expected applications of the EPIC inventions by the subscribers. The field of use includes general purpose applications of semiconductor, software, personal computers, and other technology used in computing, communications, internet, and electronics, but excluding specific applications of these technologies used in life sciences, biotechnology, and medicine. Included in field of use Excluded from field of use General purpose microprocessors capable of being used in network routers and pacemakers Microcontroller designed specifically for a MRI system Imaging algorithms for 3-D modeling of cars and human bodies. Imaging algorithms targeted for MRI Software for solving large-scale optimization problems Software to predict complete gene structures in genomic DNA sequences. Main memory database architectures Databases developed specifically for bioinformatics Laser for optical communication and eye surgery.