US Patent Issued to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC on Nov. 25 for "Structural panel with exterior insulating foam layer" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,307, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Structural panel with exterior insulating foam layer" was invented by Neil Freidberg (Lebanon, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer panel product for use as structural sheathing. The panel product comprises a base manufactured-wood structural panel, such as OSB or plywood, with a factory-applied foam layer affixed to the exterior or outward-facing surface. The foam layer provides thermal resistance as an insulation layer. The foam layer also may act as an air and bulk water barrier. The foam layer may be expanded polystyrene (XPS) foam ...