Patent ID: 7125306

Claim:
A gas discharge panel production method comprising: a surrounding unit forming step for forming a surrounding unit by putting a first panel and a second panel together, wherein barrier ribs for partitioning light-emitting cells are formed on a main surface of the first panel, and the first panel and the second panel are put together to face each other with the barrier ribs in between; and a sealing step for sealing the surrounding unit with a sealing material inserted between the first panel and the second panel at a rim of the first panel and the second panel, wherein the sealing step includes: a pressure adjustment sub-step for adjusting pressure so that pressure inside the surrounding unit is lower than pressure outside the surrounding unit, an anti-sealing-material-inflow member is disposed adjacent the rim of at least one of the first panel and the second panel to be used in the surrounding unit forming step so as to prevent the sealing material from flowing into an inner area of the surrounding unit, and the sealing material is disposed outside the anti-sealing-material-inflow member during the surrounding unit forming step.