US Patent Issued to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC on Dec. 23 for "Structural OSB panels with integrated rainscreen" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,852, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Structural OSB panels with integrated rainscreen" was invented by Jarrod Kevin Line (Brentwood, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of rainscreen elements or features that are applied to the front or outer face of a structural panel or the weather resistant barrier layer on the structural panel. When an exterior cladding or sheathing product is installed over the structural panel, the rainscreen elements or features provide built-in water flow gaps or channels to facilitate and increase water drainage off the face of the structural panel...