Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Engineered wood products such as oriented strand board (OSB), particle board, medium density fiberboard(MDF), flake board, particleboard, pl ywood and the like are generally produced by blending a bindercomposition with wood flakes, wood strips or strands, pieces of wood or other lignocellulosic mat erials.This blended composition is then typically formed into a mat which is co mpressed between heated platensor plates to set the binder and bond the flakes, strands, strips, pieces, etc. together in densified form.”