In 2012, she was inducted into The Rochester Institute of Technology's Innovation Hall of Fame[3] and named an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by Syracuse University for serving as a "guiding force for a more humane and livable world, blazing a path for inclusiveness, as a true leader in the movement of Universal Design".
[This quote needs a citation] ABC World News featured Moore as one of 50 Americans Defining the New Millennium.
[8] Patricia Moore started her career in industrial design in 1974, working with Raymond Loewy International in New York City.
[1] Her "Elder Empathetic Experiment" research project was completed in 1982, after visiting 116 cities in 14 states and two Canadian provinces.
[1] Moore was involved in the development of Depend incontinence products, which also found a market larger than originally expected.
[1] Moore has also lectured at universities throughout North America, Australia, China, Europe, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, and Russia.
[1] Clients include: AT&T, Bell Communication, Boeing, Citibank, Corning Glass, General Electric, GTE, Herman Miller Healthcare, Honolulu Light Rail, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly Clark, Kaiser Permanente, Kraft General Foods, Marriott, Maytag, NASA, Norelco, OXO, Pfizer, Playtex, Seoul Design City Project, Sky Train, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Sunbeam, 3M, Valley Metro Rail, and Whirlpool.