Patent ID: 8031183

Claim:
A method for producing a touch panel, which includes forming a first transparent electrode on a surface of a first substrate to prepare a first panel, and bonding together the first panel and a second panel having a second transparent electrode formed on a surface of a second substrate such that the first and second transparent electrodes are facing toward each other, wherein the first transparent electrode forming step comprises forming a transparent conductive film composed mainly of a transparent oxide on a surface of the first substrate, forming plural metallic flocculated bodies on a surface of the transparent conductive film by depositing any one or more kinds of metals selected from a metal group consisting of Ti, Nb, Zr, Ta and Si, and forming a protecting film, in a formation of the first transparent electrode by performing either one or both of an oxidation reaction to oxidize the metallic flocculated bodies and a nitriding reaction to nitride the metallic flocculated bodies.