Patent ID: 7153180

Claim:
A method of applying patterned materials for manufacture of a flat panel light source, comprising: a) providing a flexible continuous substrate; b) providing one or more application stations, each application station having: i) one or more stationary sources of material to be patterned in manufacture of a flat panel light source, ii) a supply of discrete patterned masks for defining a pattern of material to be applied to the substrate, iii) means for delivering the masks one at a time into engagement with the substrate, iv) means for attaching the discrete patterned masks to the substrate, and; v) means for transporting the substrate and the patterned mask in registration past the one or more stationary sources of material, and c) transporting the substrate and the masks past the one or more application stations, and applying material from the one or more sources through the masks and onto the substrate to form a pattern of material in a flat panel light source.