US Patent Issued to Akouos, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Taiwan University Hospital on Dec. 9 for "Method for treating an auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder" (Taiwanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,223, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Akouos Inc. (Indianapolis), Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan) and National Taiwan University Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Method for treating an auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder" was invented by Yen-Fu Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan), Chen-Chi Wu (Taipei, Taiwan), Ying-Chang Lu (Taipei, Taiwan), Robert Ng (Newton, Mass.) and Danielle R. Lenz (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for treating an auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder in a subject comprising transferring the gene of DFNB59 via an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector to the...