US Patent Issued to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC on Sept. 9 for "Digital printing on a wood-based substrate for exterior application" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,637, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC Corp. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Digital printing on a wood-based substrate for exterior application" was invented by Jarrod Kevin Line (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Sarath Vega-Gutierrez (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and related methods for high-resolution digital printing on wood-based substrates for exterior applications or outdoor use. Textured wood-based substrates include, but are not limited to, plywood, wood planks, oriented-strand board (OSB), laminated strand lumber (LSL), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), paper board, and various forms of engineered woo...