Palmdale, CA ranks #3,461 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 33 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Palmdale, CA include Pacesetter, Covidien Lp, Woodward. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew A. Neal | — | 9 |
| 2 | Kyungmoo Ryu | Pacesetter | 4 |
| 3 | Daniel Peters | Covidien Lp | 2 |
| #4 | Gene William Folsom | — | 1 |
| #4 | Douglas J. Mills | — | 1 |
| #4 | Timothy Mechigian Gruhl | — | 1 |
| #4 | Curtis Williams | — | 1 |
| #4 | Rhett S. Henrickson | Woodward | 1 |
| #4 | Ivan Romero | Procaps S.A. | 1 |
| #4 | Scott Lane Burris | Disney | 1 |
| #4 | Yvette Wood | Lockheed Martin | 1 |
| #4 | Jeffrey Alston | US Air Force | 1 |
| #4 | Alan W. Lockstedt | Smith International | 1 |
| #4 | Connie Gonzalez | — | 1 |
| #4 | Thomas Charles Greer | Disney | 1 |
| #4 | Michael J. Ehrlich | — | 1 |
| #4 | Christian Brochu | BOE | 1 |
| #4 | Mark Skoog | NASA | 1 |
| #4 | Lidia Vasquez | Advanced Bionics Ag | 1 |
| #4 | Anthony Piazza | — | 1 |
| #4 | Rusty L. Blanski | US Air Force | 1 |
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