Patent Indexes
The transformation of the global economy to a knowledge economy has placed an unprecedented focus on companies’ intangible assets, including intellectual property assets:
The economic inversion in the relative importance of tangible assets to intangible assets experienced over the last three decades carries significant implications for the investment community.
Ocean Tomo’s suite of patent-based indexes provide investors, asset managers and financial advisors with compelling investment options and viable benchmarks. The indexes are IP-centric: inclusion in an Ocean Tomo Index reflects corporate intellectual property value relative to traditional financial value. By constructing indexes around the fundamental indicators of performance in the knowledge economy, Ocean Tomo Indexes give the investment community benchmarks for, the leading asset of the knowledge economy: intellectual capital.
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index
The Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index is the industry’s first index based on the value of intellectual property and represents a diversified portfolio of 300 companies that own the most valuable patents relative to their book value. The Index is priced and published by the NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: OTPAT). Learn More.
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Growth Index
The Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Growth Index includes the top growth companies of the broad-market Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index, as determined by the price-to-book ratio, and is diversified across market capitalization. It is the industry’s first growth index based on the value of intellectual property and represents a portfolio of 60 companies with the highest innovation ratio (i.e., patent maintenance value relative to book value). Learn More.
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Value Index
The Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Value Index includes the top value companies of the broad-market Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index, as determined by the price-to-book ratio, and is diversified across market capitalization. It is the industry’s first value index based on the value of intellectual property and represents a portfolio of 60 companies with the highest innovation ratio (i.e., patent maintenance value relative to book value). Learn More.
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