ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,168, issued on March 31, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Compositions and methods for treating sensorineural hearing loss using otoferlin dual vector systems" was invented by Joseph Burns (Newton, Mass.), Kathryn Ellis (Arlington, Mass.), Tyler Gibson (Boston), Adam Palermo (Somerville, Mass.), Martin Schwander (Auburndale, Mass.), Jonathon Whitton (Cambridge, Mass.), Leah Sabin (Goldens Bridge, N.Y.), Christos Kyratsous (Irvington, N.Y.) and Meghan Drummond Samuelson (Katonah, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure features compositions and methods for the treatment of sensorineural he...