Patents I am a little late to respond. 30 months ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Mrs Mir and asked her the same questions. MCVE managed to register many patents for different platforms (hope it makes sense, ain't a rocket scientist.) e-commerced based. MCVE had a vision well ahead of their competitors (not much then 4 years ago) about the potential e-commerce business. Although she spoke lenghtly about the company and products, I could only care about the SP being at that time around a penny or two.
MCVE took risks and sold some parts of their company (e-ticketing for cops, amongst other) to focus on their e-commerce patform. I think they are well-ahead of their time and would not be surprised to see MCVE gobbled up by a large internet provider since e-commerce will be the way to go in a near future.
I think we will have a good idea of what will occur when their Q earnings are out this year.