Patent ID: 7538287

Claim:
A touch panel comprising: a top substrate; a top conductive layer provided on the top substrate; a pair of top electrodes provided on the top substrate and extending from both ends of the top conductive layer; a bottom substrate; a bottom conductive layer provided on the bottom substrate so as to face the top conductive layer with a prescribed clearance; a pair of bottom electrodes provided on the bottom substrate and extending from both ends of the bottom conductive layer in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the top electrodes; a frame-like spacer formed on peripheries of the top substrate and the bottom substrate therebetween; and at least one of a first separate area insulated from the top conductive layer, the first separate area being provided near an inner periphery of the spacer on a surface of the top substrate, the surface being provided with the top conductive layer, and the first separate area extending to a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the top electrodes and a second separate area insulated from the bottom conductive layer, the second separate area being provided near an inner periphery of the spacer on a surface of the bottom substrate, the surface being provided with the bottom conductive layer, and the second separate area extending to a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the bottom electrodes.