Meta Materials, Inc. engages in the manufacture and development of functional materials. The company is headquartered in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and currently employs 103 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2009-10-27. The firm is engaged in developing materials that improves the performance and efficiency of many current products as well as allow new products to be developed. The firm develops new products and technologies using sustainable science. Its META technology platforms enable brands to develop new products to improve performance for customers in aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, fifth generation (5G) communications, batteries, authentication, automotive and clean energy. Its QUANTUM stripe anti-counterfeiting security features for currency display full color, motion, and three-dimensional (3D) depth from an ultrathin, single layer of aluminum, without using any inks or dyes. The company has over 455 active patent documents, of which 346 patents have issued. The firm's portfolio consists of 124 patent families, of which 73 include at least one issued patent.