Among the nearly 6,000 companies taken into account by Innovalpha's models (Nasdaq, NYSE, and Amex), Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI) has been identified as one of the leaders across all industries taking into account company's patent filing activity, in particular in relation to PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications. From PCT patent dynamics, Innovalpha provides a weekly patent index for all the 6,000 companies from which patent scores are computed as well as buy and sell signals and recommendations.
The investment thesis is that companies like MMSI:
- filing PCT patent applications outperform the ones