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I have been involved in this process since 1975, when the Artificial Intelligence Corporation began to develop ROBOT, the prototype of INTELLECT, a commercially viable natural language interface to data base systems which has been on the market since 1981. In this article, I will discuss AI technology transfer with particular reference to my experiences with the commercialization of INTELLECT. Next, I will describe my interpretation of the present market structure for AI products and some specific marketing perspectives. I will then briefly describe the product INTELLECT and its capabilities as an example of a stateof-the-art commercial system. Next, I will describe some of the experiences, which I think are typical, that my company has encountered in commercializing INTELLECT Finally, I will summarize my main points and give some advice to AI researchers who are planning to commercialize their systems.