Patent ID: 8729539

Claim:
A light-emitting apparatus, comprising a plurality of organic EL elements formed on an insulating layer, wherein: each of the plurality of organic EL elements comprises a first electrode, a first charge transport layer, an emission layer, a second charge transport layer, and a second electrode which are formed on the insulating layer in this order; the first electrode is formed for each of the plurality of organic EL elements; the first charge transport layer, the emission layer, the second charge transport layer, and the second electrode are formed in common to the plurality of organic EL elements; the insulating layer has a groove provided therein at least along an edge of the first electrode; a depth of the groove is larger than a thickness of the first charge transport layer; and a sum of the depth of the groove and the thickness of the first electrode is smaller than a sum of thicknesses of the first charge transport layer, the emission layer, and the second charge transport layer.