Patent ID: 6949161

Claim:
A method for making a multiple-ply wood panel composite comprising the steps of: (i) forming a panel substrate by sandwiching an uncured resinated mat between two sheets of green incised wood veneer, said sheets of green veneer having an overall moisture range from 30% to over 100% based on a dry weight of said sheets; (ii) applying a thermosetting and moisture compatible adhesive between the veneer sheets and the resinated mat to form an unconsolidated panel; (iii) without performing a drying step and a cold processing step, applying pressure and heat to the unconsolidated panel in an amount and for a duration sufficient to inject steam generated from water inside the sheets of green veneer through the incisions toward the mat to substantially simultaneously cure the resin in the mat and the adhesive between the mat and sheets of veneer, whereby green veneers are used to form the multi-ply wood panel composite without performing a drying step and a cold pressing step.