Patents by Inventor Timothy Sears

Timothy Sears 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: 20250299819
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for predicting a subject's response to immunotherapy to treat a cancer, including receiving sequencing data of the subject; determining, using the sequencing data, a plurality of somatic features for the subject and a plurality of germline features for the subject; generating, using the plurality of somatic features for the subject and the plurality of germline features for the subject, an immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) response score for the subject to represent a likelihood of response to an immunotherapy for the subject; and comparing the ICB response score for the subject to an ICB response threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Hannah Kathryn Carter, Timothy Sears, Maurizio Zanetti
  • Publication number: 20170146530
    Abstract: A device, method and system for disease detection relating to the selective capture of an antigen in an analyte by a linked capture antibody, where the linked capture antibody is expressed on a nanobiosensing chip as a plurality of non-randomly oriented binding sites, within a functionalized surface, that are upwardly oriented. The device, method and system enable selective capture of an antigen in an analyte with a selectivity and sensitivity that is greater than that attainable without the plurality of non-randomly oriented binding sites that are upwardly oriented and active. The device, method and system enable selective detection of an antigen in an analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick Muraca, Jason Webster, Timothy Sears, James Williams