Patent ID: 8884889

Claim:
A display device having a touch screen, comprising: a touch screen panel defined by an active area in which an external input is sensed and a non-active area outside the active area; a display panel that displays an image based on inputs to the touch screen panel; a window that covers the touch screen panel; a lower resin layer between a rear surface of the touch screen panel and the display panel, the lower resin layer joining the touch screen panel and the display panel together; an upper resin layer between a front surface of the touch screen panel and the window, the upper resin layer joining the touch screen panel and the window together; and a lower dam or an upper dam only in the non-active area of the touch screen panel along a side circumference of the lower or upper resin layer, respectively, and surrounding the lower resin layer or the upper resin layer, respectively, wherein the lower dam or the upper dam directly contacts the touch screen panel, and a height of the upper dam is identical to a height of the upper resin layer or a height of the lower dam is identical to a height of the lower resin layer.