> which was more abstract and less directly-commercializable Related acecdote: Charles Townes described that after the invention of the maser, he had to make a

> which was more abstract and less directly-commercializable Related acecdote: Charles Townes described that after the invention of the maser, he had to make a case for Bell Labs to patent it, against some resistance. As he described it, the eventual winning phrase was: "Well, it could be used for telecomunication".