US Patent Issued to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC on Nov. 25 for "Siding with integrated rainscreen for concrete wall or block construction" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,313, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Siding with integrated rainscreen for concrete wall or block construction" was invented by Gareth Paul Merrick (Gig Harbor, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wood or manufactured wood-composite based siding used on concrete wall or concrete masonry unit (CMU, or block) construction (including, but not limited to, insulated concrete form construction) with an integrated rainscreen feature. The rainscreen feature or component is applied to, or integrated into or with, the back of the siding (i.e., the inner surface) during the manufacturing proces...