Woodworking – Process – Securing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-28
2006-02-28
Ostrager, Allen (Department: 3725)
Woodworking
Process
Securing
C144S350000, C144S352000, C144S355000, C144S380000, C428S114000, C428S212000, C428S292400
Reexamination Certificate
active
07004215
ABSTRACT:
Methods for forming compressed and adhesively bonded structural beams of strands divided from wood waste, and the beams resulting from such methods, are disclosed.
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Knokey Eugene R.
Schmidt Ernest W.
Chernoff Vilhauer McClung & Stenzel LLP
Ostrager Allen
Self Shelley
The Coe Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Wyoming Sawmills, Inc.
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