Patent ID: 7425166

Claim:
A method of encapsulating a display element comprising: a. providing a first substrate and a second substrate separated by a plurality of frit walls arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each of the rows having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and at least one display element disposed within an envelope defined by each frit wall and the first and second substrates; b. impinging a laser beam on a start point on a first frit wall at the first end of the first row; c. traversing the beam along the first frit wall from the start point on the first wall to a stop point on the first frit wall, the traversing passing the start point before reaching the stop point, thereby overlapping a portion of the first frit wall; d. extinguishing the laser beam and indexing to a start point on an adjacent frit wall in the first row; e. repeating steps b. through d. for each frit wall in the first row; and wherein each step of traversing for each frit wall in the first row is in the same direction.