Patent ID: 9502685
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. An organic EL element comprising: a first electrode layer; a second electrode layer; an organic EL layer sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, the organic EL layer including a light-emitting layer; an insulating layer sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer at least in a region where the organic EL layer is not present in a plan view; and a sealing layer located on the other side of the second electrode layer from the organic EL layer, the sealing layer covering, in the plan view, at least the organic EL layer, wherein: the insulating layer includes a first section and a second section that overlap, in the plan view, with both of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, the second section being thicker than the first section in a cross sectional view, the first section being closer to the organic EL layer than the second section is; in the plan view, at least a part of the second section is not covered by the sealing layer, an entire portion of the first section being covered by the sealing layer; and an entire portion of the insulating layer that overlaps with both of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and is not covered, in the plan view, by the sealing layer is included in the second section.