Johnson Outdoors has received the ASTRUM Award, presented by MDB Capital Group at the second annual Bright Lights Conference at the Le Meridien Hotel in New York City. The Bright Lights Conference is the only conference with an exclusive focus on publicly-traded companies possessing disruptive and market changing intellectual property (IP), providing institutional investors with a venue to discover the largely unrecognized value of embedded IP.
“Johnson Outdoors stood out as the top company in its industry with the highest Patent Application CAGR and the highest number of patent applications on file, adjusted for Application Conversion Rate, and we are honored to recognize their achievements in driving IP as an asset class and the impact they are making on innovation in America,” commented Christopher A. Marlett, CEO of MDB Capital Group.
The company was selected from MDB’s 2011 group of “Best and Brightest” small-cap companies, a group that is advancing some of today’s most innovative and market-leading IP and advanced as one of the 40 public companies ranking in the 90th percentile for its respective technology leadership from more than 1,500 small-cap companies with granted U.S. patents, as rated by PatentVest, MDB’s proprietary IP business intelligence platform.
“Our portfolio of market-leading brands is united in a commitment to bring sustained excitement and growth to our markets with innovation and technology that enhances the outdoor experience for anglers, divers, boaters, paddlers and campers. Pioneering IP, such as Humminbird Side Imaging technology, Minn Kota iPilot and SCUBAPRO Galileo dive computers are among the many game-changing innovations providing us a unique competitive advantage in the marketplace enabling us to expand our leadership positions and deliver results which enhance shareholder value long-term,” said Helen Johnson-Leipold, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We are thrilled to receive MDB’s 2011 Astrum Award in recognition of our achievements.”
