Patent ID: 7476138

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an organic EL display comprising the steps of: providing an organic EL substrate that comprises one or more organic EL laminates; providing a sealing glass substrate, the sealing glass substrate being formed of a glass plate and comprising recesses each opposing respective one of the one or more organic EL laminates, adhesion regions each surrounding a respective one of the recesses, and adhesion escape grooves each surrounding a respective one of the adhesion regions; applying an adhesive on the adhesion regions of the sealing glass substrate; laminating the organic EL substrate and the sealing glass substrate; cutting the sealing glass substrate at a position outside an inner periphery of the adhesive escape groove and within a distance equal to a thickness of the sealing glass substrate minus a depth of the adhesive escape grooves from the inner periphery of the adhesive escape grooves; and cutting the organic EL substrate at a position outside the inner periphery of the adhesive escape groove.