MDB Announces 2011 "Best & Brightest"

Santa Monica, Ca, -February 17, 2011 - MDB Capital Group, LLC announces its "Best and Brightest" list of 150 innovative leaders for 2011.  These companies are ranked in the 90th percentile for technology leadership from more than 1,500 small cap companies with U.S. patents granted, as rated by PatentVest®, MDB's proprietary, intellectual property (IP), business intelligence database.

MDB’s Best & Brightest list of companies is drawn from the universe of public companies with at least one U.S. patent and a market capitalization under $500 million. Employing PatentVest’s intellectual property metrics, this universe was screened for companies with above average 3-year growth rate for patent application filings (a measure of innovation), above average PatentVest Tech Scores (a measure of patent quality), and low PatentVest citation ratios (a measure of value). These companies were also screened for quality by MDB’s professional analytical staff, generating an exceptional list of truly innovative small companies.

The companies that have achieved a position on MDB’s Best and Brightest list will automatically be extended an invitation to attend and present at our 2nd Annual Bright Lights Conference to be held at Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York on May 10 & 11.  Last year’s two day event, held in San Francisco, brought together more than 40 companies and 250 attendees to hear investor presentations focusing on the often unrecognized value embedded in the respective IP of the Bright Lights Companies.

 Innovation = Market Performance

 

MDB’s research has shown conclusively that companies demonstrating above average PatentVest metrics (such as PatentVest Tech Score and the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of patent applications) outperformed their publicly traded peers. This outperformance is highlighted firsthand by tracking the market performance of the presenters at last year’s Bright Light’s conference.  The Bright Lights presenters (as an index) outperformed the S&P Small Cap 600 Index by 1.4 to 1 and the S&P 500 Index by 2.8 to 1.  Of particular note from 2010, our 18 “Best of the Best” IP award winners demonstrated superior market performance and outperformed the S&P 500 by 3.9 to 1. (For full details email research@mdb.com or visit http://mdb.com/bright-light-award-winners.html for a list of award winners.)

This May in New York, MDB will again recognize the “Best of the Best” with awards given to the highest rated innovators among our conference presenters and anticipates that the inherent value of the IP in the “Best of the Best” to be recognized by the investment community over time.   

  

Bright Lights Conference 2011

 

The Bright Lights Conference underscores MDB's commitment to advancing the investment community's understanding of the unrecognized value of IP as an asset and its use as a tool for investing in technology leaders.  More than 1,000 small-cap companies were scored, ranked and analyzed on the basis of their rate of innovative change; as well as the novelty, quality and industry impact of their patents.  Back-tested IP and financial data will be presented for the first time to indicate the selection of companies on the basis of these IP metrics is correlated to benchmarked financial performance.

In addition to company presentations and one-on-one investor meetings, MDB will provide insightful IP analysis and objective data regarding the "Best and Brightest" companies presenting during this exclusive, invitation-only event.

Please contact Bob Clifford at 310-526-5027 or bclifford@mdb.com for more information regarding our Bright Lights companies and client invitations. 

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