Patent ID: 8468712

Claim:
A method for bonding a transparent substrate to a front surface of a liquid crystal display having a perimeter of a predefined area of the surface comprising the steps of: a) applying a photocurable dam composition to the surface of the liquid crystal display along the perimeter of the predefined area of the surface over which the transparent substrate is to be bonded, wherein the photocurable dam composition is applied along all of the perimeter of the front surface of the liquid crystal display; b) exposing the photocurable dam composition applied in step a) to actinic radiation to at least partially photocure the photocurable dam composition and afford a dam having a thickness and shaped to contain adhesive within the predefined area; c) placing a measured amount of a photocurable adhesive composition on the surface of the liquid crystal display within the dam; d) contacting the transparent substrate with the dam and the photocurable adhesive composition; and e) exposing the photocurable adhesive composition placed in step c) to actinic radiation to photocure the photocurable adhesive composition affording a photocured adhesive; whereby the transparent substrate is now bonded to the liquid crystal display through the photocured adhesive and the dam resulting in a transparent substrate-bonded liquid crystal display.