Patent ID: 7359027

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: first substrate having an active region and a non-active region along a peripheral portion of the active region; a second substrate facing a spaced apart from the first substrate, and having an active region and a non-active region along a peripheral portion of the active region; a seal pattern between the first and second substrates disposed along a border of the active and non-active regions; gate lines on an interior surface of the first substrate and crossing the seal pattern; data lines crossing the gate line and the seal pattern; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a common electrode on an interior surface of the second surface; a first step-compensating pattern overlapped by the seal pattern and positioned between two adjacent gate lines such that the first step-compensating pattern is more closely adjacent to one of the two adjacent gate lines under the seal pattern; a second step-compensating pattern overlapped by the seal pattern and positioned between two adjacent data lines such that the second step-compensating pattern is more closely adjacent to one of the two adjacent data lines under the seal pattern; and a liquid crystal material layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.