Patent ID: 9235085
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G02F

Claim Text:
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: first and second substrates facing each other, the first substrate having a display region, a non-display region, and a seal pattern region disposed therebetween; a protection layer on the first substrate and having a first seal pattern groove in the seal pattern region; first and second dams on the second substrate and respectively disposed at both ends of the seal pattern region, the first and second dams configured to form a second seal pattern groove corresponding to the first seal pattern groove; a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a common electrode on one of the first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; and a seal pattern having one end inserted into the first seal pattern groove and the other end inserted into the second seal pattern groove, wherein the protection layer has a first thickness in the display region and in the non-display region, and the protection layer has a second thickness, which is non-zero and smaller than the first thickness, across the entire width of the seal pattern between the display region and the non-display region such that the seal pattern contacts an upper surface of the protection layer in the seal pattern region, and wherein an entire width of a portion of the protection layer having the second thickness is equal to an entire width between the first and second dams.