Patent ID: 7427982

Claim:
A method of mounting a touch panel, the touch panel including a first substrate having a transparent conductive film, a second substrate having a transparent conductive film, an outer frame for bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together such that a predetermined space is kept therebetween, a visible area inside the outer frame; an adhesive layer provided on the first substrate, the adhesive layer disposed on an entire face of the first substrate within an inner circumferential edge of the outer frame, and a separator attached to a surface of the adhesive layer, the separator being larger than a circumferential shape of the adhesive layer and smaller than an outer shape of the first substrate; the method of mounting comprising: peeling the separator off the adhesive layer, and bonding the touch panel on a display by means of the adhesive layer, wherein only the visible area is pressed to bond the touch panel on the display in the bonding process.