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Michael J. Townsend — 8 Patents

Genentech: 8 patents #386 of 2,392Top 20%
QLQueen Mary University Of London: 1 patents #46 of 111Top 45%
San Jose, CA: #7,707 of 32,062 inventorsTop 25%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Michael J. Townsend has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Genentech. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in June 2025. Michael J. Townsend ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Michael J. Townsend in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2015.peak 22014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents20152017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182022: 1 patents20222024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12319965 Diagnostic and therapeutic methods for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Myles LEWIS, Costantino Pitzalis, Nandhini RAMAMOORTHI, Jason A. Hackney 2025-06-03
12098426 Gene expression markers and treatment of multiple sclerosis Alvernia Francesca Setiadi, Tracy Staton 2024-09-24
11236391 Gene expression markers and treatment of multiple sclerosis Alvernia Francesca Setiadi, Tracy Staton 2022-02-01
9982302 Biological markers and methods for predicting response to B-cell antagonists Timothy W. Behrens, Kasia Owczarczyk 2018-05-29
9822400 Methods for treating, diagnosing, and monitoring rheumatoid arthritis Glynn Dennis, Jr., Flavius Martin 2017-11-21
9139878 Methods for diagnosing and treating systemic lupus erythematosus Alexander Abbas, Barmak Modrek 2015-09-22
8962249 Methods for detecting and treating systemic lupus erythematous Alexander Abbas, Barmak Modrek 2015-02-24
8728730 Methods for treating, diagnosing, and monitoring rheumatoid arthritis Glynn Dennis, Jr., Flavius Martin 2014-05-20