Patents by Inventor Robert Charles SWANTON

Robert Charles SWANTON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250084489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for generating a biomarker signature for a subject with cancer. The method comprises calculating an intra-tumour heterogeneity measure and an inter-tumour heterogeneity measure for a plurality of genes. This is done using training data from a plurality of subjects who have had cancer, where the training data comprises gene expression data for a plurality of genes for each subject. A biomarker signature is generated by applying a heterogeneity filter to select genes having both an intra-tumour heterogeneity below an intra-tumour heterogeneity threshold and an inter-tumour heterogeneity above an inter-tumour heterogeneity threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Charles Swanton, Dhruva Biswas, Nicholas McGranahan, Nicolai Juul Birkbak
  • Publication number: 20240412813
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method for estimating the cancer cell fraction (CCF) of at least one tumour-specific mutation in a subject. Also provided are related methods for monitoring the clonal dynamics of a tumour, monitoring a treatment of the tumour and methods for treating a subject having a cancer, as well as systems for implementing the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Mark Frankell, Christopher Abbosh, Robert Charles Swanton
  • Patent number: 12146195
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for detecting single nucleotide variants in lung cancer, especially stage 3a lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma. Additional methods and compositions, such as reaction mixtures and solid supports comprising clonal populations of nucleic acids, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Natera, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Zimmermann, Tudor Pompiliu Constantin, Raheleh Salari, Huseyin Eser Kirkizlar, Robert Charles Swanton, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, Christopher Abbosh, Gareth Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220136063
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for providing a prognosis for a subject with lung cancer, the method comprising: (a) contacting a biological sample from the subject with reagents that specifically bind to each member of a panel of biomarkers comprising ANLN, ASPM, CDCA4, ERRFI1, FURIN, GOLGA8A, ITGA6, JAG1, LRP12, MAFF, MRPS17, PLK1, PNP, PPP1 R13L, PRKCA, PTTG1, PYGB, RPP25, SCPEP1, SLC46A3, SNX7, TPBG, XBP1; (b) determining a riskscore of the subject based on the nucleic acid levels of expression of the biomarkers in the samples; and (c) providing a prognosis for the lung cancer based on the risk score of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Charles Swanton, Dhruva Biswas, Nicholas McGranahan, Nicolai Juul Birkbak
  • Publication number: 20200248266
    Abstract: The invention relates to subject-specific methods for detecting recurrence of tumours based on an understanding of the clonal/subclonal mutation profile of the subject's tumour and detection of the mutations in their cell-free DNA (cfDNA), typically by multiplex PCR of tumour mutations such as single nucleotide variants (SNVs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: Natera, Inc., UCL BUSINESS PLC
    Inventors: Robert Charles SWANTON, Christopher ABBOSH
  • Publication number: 20190106751
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for detecting single nucleotide variants in lung cancer, especially stage 3a lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma. Additional methods and compositions, such as reaction mixtures and solid supports comprising clonal populations of nucleic acids, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: Natera, Inc., UCL BUSINESS PLC
    Inventors: Bernhard ZIMMERMANN, Tudor Pompiliu CONSTANTIN, Raheleh SALARI, Huseyin Eser KIRKIZLAR, Robert Charles SWANTON, Mariam JAMAL-HANJANI, Christopher ABBOSH, Gareth WILSON