Palm Desert, CA ranks #4,130 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 27 patents from 14 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Palm Desert, CA include Medindica-Pak, Synergy Blue, AT&T. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–14 of 14 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam L. Smith | Medindica-Pak | 7 |
| 2 | Joe Serra | Synergy Blue | 5 |
| 3 | Jean-Francois Paiement | AT&T | 3 |
| #4 | Gregory Paul Kirkjan | Desert Valley Date | 2 |
| #5 | Ernest T. Armstrong | Unknown | 1 |
| #5 | Dennis LeBlang | — | 1 |
| #5 | Leonard Feld | — | 1 |
| #5 | Adam Smith | Advanced Bionics Ag | 1 |
| #5 | JR Reimann | — | 1 |
| #5 | Anthony Verna | Verna Ip Holdings | 1 |
| #5 | Justin MacAuley | Synergy Blue | 1 |
| #5 | Diego Elias | — | 1 |
| #5 | Aaron L. Harris | Dometic Sweden Ab | 1 |
| #5 | Suzanne Stradley | — | 1 |
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