US Patent Issued to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC on Nov. 25 for "Process for producing smooth strand-based siding or structural panels" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,123, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Process for producing smooth strand-based siding or structural panels" was invented by David C. Ritter (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing a smooth-sided strand-based siding or wood structural panel using a pre-telegraphing process. The pre-telegraphing is performed after the primary process completes pressing and consolidation of the substrate/board. The pre-telegraphing process applies a water spray on the hot board immediately out of the primary process press, and before overlay application. The application of t...