Patent ID: 7687119

Claim:
An electronic or optoelectronic device, disposed on a substrate and encapsulated with a lid in which the lid and substrate are bonded together with a desiccant-filled sealant/adhesive along the perimeter of the substrate and lid, the desiccant-filled sealant/adhesive consisting essentially of a) a radiation-curable resin containing reactive functionality selected from the group consisting of glycidyl epoxy, aliphatic epoxy, cycloaliphatic epoxy; oxetane; acrylate, methacrylate, itaconate; maleimide; vinyl, propenyl, crotyl, allyl, and propargyl ether and thio-ethers of those groups; maleate, fumarate, and cinnamate esters; styrenic; acrylamide and methacrylamide; chalcone; thiol; allyl, alkenyl, and cycloalkenyl groups; b) one or more desiccant fillers, c) a photoinitiating system comprising one or more photoinitiators and optionally one or more photosensitizers.