California, IBM continue to lead in ten patent rankings 

Colorado makes a lot of Top Ten lists, but not this time. Instead, California is the most patent-rich state with 22,202 new patents registered during 2008. Texas was second with 6,800, followed by New York, Washington, Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio and Minnesota. The current top-ten patent rankings by state, technology category, and company were identified by [...] [...]