Northwest Arkansas…emerging as America’s new innovation hotspots, as measured by the change in utility patents granted over time per 100,000 residents…The Fayetteville metro area (which includes Bentonville) had 24.9 patents granted for every 100,000 residents in 2022, up from 10.2 in 2012 — a 144.1% increase, per U.S. Patent and Trademark Office data….