Article: investing: Index trades on intellectual capital; Firm using patents as measure of current 'knowledge economy'.(Ocean Tomo LLC )

Byline: Barry B. Burr

CHICAGO - Ocean Tomo LLC introduced an investible intellectual-capital stock index called the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent index.

The index, based on the value of corporate intellectual capital, consists of companies based around the globe that trade on U.S. markets and own U.S. patents for valuable innovations and technologies, said Keith Cardoza, managing director of the Chicago-based company.

"It's meant to be a broad-based diversified index,'' said Mr. Cardoza, its creator. "It is the first index that represents the knowledge economy we are in.''

Mr. Cardoza joined Ocean Tomo, a merchant banking and private equity ...

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