August was a busy month for Arkansas patents. The U.S. Patent Office issued 21 patents to Arkansas inventors and entrepreneurs in August. A normal month sees two or three per week come out of Arkansas, which is comparable to other states that share our size and demographics.

Arkansans may not produce at the volume of a California or Texas, obviously, but they are a creative lot. INOV8’s Patent of the Month for June is Billy Pennington’s stun baton.

The INOV8 Patent of the Month for May 2010 goes to an extended release perforated tablet developed for the University of Arkansas by Little Rock scientist Cherng-ju Kim.

Incredible. That best describes the results from this year’s Donald W. Reynolds TriState Business Plan Competition in Las Vegas.