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Ocean Tomo focuses on addressing issues related to Intellectual Capital Equity. Our depth of experience and breadth of service within this domain not only distinguishes us from our competitors, but also provides insight on value creation and proactive transaction opportunities that may be otherwise lost.

For more than 20 years, Ocean Tomo professionals have led the field with respect to intellectual capital thought leadership. Select milestones of achievement include:


1987 -
Organized first national practice to offer intellectual property valuation opinions at a time when the Big-8 accountancies refused to address this growing asset class.
1988 -
Co-founded first dedicated, full-service intellectual property consultancy offering advice on valuation, litigation damages and tax.
1993 -
Created first integrated intellectual property strategy consulting group offering Intellectual Property Quality Management services to large Fortune 500 clients.
1999 -
Founded first private equity advisory partnership to originate large-scale investments based on underlying intellectual capital.
2002 -
Creation of first scaled investment banking practice, in partnership with leading Wall Street firm, dedicated exclusively to patent based structured finance.
2003 -
Created nation's first integrated intellectual capital merchant banc.
2004 -
Ocean Tomo acquired interest in PatentRatings (www.patentratings.com)
2005 -
Created nation's first private equity and debt fund to invest in growing companies with strong intellectual property.
2006 -
Successfully established a Live Public Auction Marketplace for intellectual property rights.
2006 -
Created the nation’s first index based on the value of intellectual property.  The Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index launched in September on the American Stock Exchange.
2006 -
Created The Intellectual Property Exchange International, IPXI, the world’s first financial exchange with an intellectual property (IP) focus.
2008 -
Created Patent Bid-Ask, the first and only voice brokerage and online marketplace for Intellectual Property(IP).
2009 -
Created OTI, the first and only comprehensive source of global intellectual property-based market information that combines a free global patent search with timely and actionable market intelligence.


Today, our professionals hold leadership roles in the preeminent technology transfer societies, intellectual property focused government think-tanks, intangible finance technical journals, and non-profit invention organizations. Our current and future service offerings are built upon this platform of success and a perspective that can only be achieved from a leadership view.