SCIENCE

GigOptix has announced that it been chosen as a Best and Brightest technology leader by the MDB Capital Group based on the novelty and industry impact of its innovative patent portfolio.

Christopher Marlett, CEO of MDB Capital Group, commented by saying, "GigOptix's intellectual property (IP) value and demonstrated innovation places it in the top 10% of the approximately 1500 technology small cap companies as ranked by our proprietary IP intelligence database called PatentVest. Our research has shown that this elite group of companies that demonstrate above average PatentVest metrics, such as PatentVest Tech Score and compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of patent applications, have significantly outperformed their publicly traded peers. In addition, companies in this group have demonstrated higher margins and more sustained growth."

We are very happy to be recognized as a leading innovator in our peer group, stated Andrea Betti-Berutto, GigOptix's Chief Technology Officer. GigOptix's growth over the past 4 years has been driven by a combination of innovative product development coupled with focused execution in commercializing our pioneering products. We have a broad and solid patent portfolio covering our innovations in electro-optical polymer materials and modulator designs, high speed analog amplifier design, flexible ASIC architectures, and we plan to leverage our intellectual property to maintain and extend our lead in bringing further innovative solutions to market.?