commercialize \commercialize\ n. to make something commercial in character, either by placing it for sale on the open market, or by emphasizing its profit-making aspects; as, the Olympics have been excessively commercialized. [Also spelled {commercialise}.] [WordNet 1.5]
In the past year, more than a score of American companies have joined the rush to commercialize the so-called thin-film diamond technology.
Proceeds will be used to commercialize recently patented technology and support the company's international expansion.
"We helped BTI and other Navy contractors commercialize their products in the knowledge that what helps them would eventually advance technology helpful to the Navy, too," says Donald Gubser at the Naval Research Laboratory here.
The European Space Agency sent three satellites into orbit Wednesday on the first Ariane 4, a powerful new rocket it hopes will provide a competitive edge in the race to commercialize space.
I expect this to a produce a very good influence." Having a paying passenger aboard was a major step in Soviet efforts to commercialize their space program.
In the early 1980s, most big companies trying to commercialize such in-house technologies were trying to match Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corp.'s success, says J. Tait Elder.
"What this court has said is that if you are an innovator in a field, the court will protect your right to commercialize your invention," said a spokeswoman.
"This is a company that has been painfully slow to recognize and commercialize its own best technology," says Alex Henderson, an analyst who follows Xerox for Prudential-Bache Securities Inc.
Meanwhile, the ICI Americas Inc. unit of Imperial Chemicals Industries PLC has jumped into the fray, vowing to be the first to commercialize alternatives.
Harvard University says it is raising $30 million to start companies to commercialize medical research, a move academics believe creates potential conflicts between the pursuits of knowledge and profit.
The company hoped the ventures could commercialize technologies that didn't have a home in Kodak's core business groups, which now consist of photography, information systems and pharmaceuticals.
Forty-five states help businesses commercialize new technologies or apply state-of-the-art technologies.
IBM doesn't plan to commercialize the program, which requires about 30 minutes on a mainframe computer to create harmony lines for just one piece.
The Landsat program, launched in 1978, has long been plagued by funding uncertainty because the Reagan administration had hoped to commercialize it.