Patent ID: 7165323

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a touch screen, said method comprising: providing a first substrate having a substantially transparent conductive coating on a surface thereof; providing a sheet of glass, said glass sheet having a thickness of less than or equal to approximately 0.3 mm, said glass sheet having a first surface and a second surface opposed to said first surface; depositing a substantially transparent conductive film on said first surface of said glass sheet; depositing at least one functional coating at said second surface of said glass sheet, said at least one functional coating comprising at least one of an anti-glare coating, a diffuser surface coating, an anti-reflective coating and an anti-abrasion coating; and assembling said glass sheet to said first substrate to form a touch screen device, said substantially transparent conductive coating on said surface of said first substrate opposing said substantially transparent conductive film on said first surface of said glass sheet when said glass sheet is assembled to said first substrate.