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Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent Outperforms S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials for the Month.

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Profile of Index Member Companies With Most Valuable Patent Portfolios Within Their Industry Sectors Released

CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean Tomo, LLC, the Chicago-based provider of diversified intellectual property-related services, announced the Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent Index, the first equity index based on the value of corporate intellectual property, concluded its first month of trading on November 30 at 5893.78, outpacing both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 for the period from November 1 through November 30, 2006. For the month-to-date period ending November 30, 2006, the Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent Index returned 2.04% versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- 1.17% and S&P 500 -- 1.65%.*

Ocean Tomo also announced the ten sector leaders representing those companies within the Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent Index that have the most valuable patent portfolio within their sector. They are as follows: Kimberly-Clark Corporation in basic materials; General Electric Company in capital goods; Sony Corporation in consumer durables; Boston Scientific Corporation in consumer non-durables; McDermott International, Inc. ; Capital One Financial Corporation in financial; 3M Company in miscellaneous; Micron Technology, Inc. in technology; CSX Corporation in transportation; and Edison International in utilities.

"Each company represents a significant accomplishment in the management of intellectual property as a corporate asset," said Keith Cardoza, Managing Director of Ocean Tomo and...