Patent ID: 7619709

Claim:
A liquid crystal display panel comprising: first and second substrates bonded to each other; an image display part and a dummy area defined on the periphery of the image display part to provide a predetermined margin in combining a unit liquid crystal display panel with a backlight assembly or an exterior frame on the first and second substrates, the dummy area including a sealing unit; a plurality of gate lines and data lines in the image display part on the first substrate, the plurality of gate lines and data lines extending to the dummy area around all four sides of the image display part to leave a predetermined interval from each other; a black matrix formed on the second substrate in an area corresponding to the dummy area; a plurality of first dummy lines formed by selectively patterning the same metal of the data lines on areas separating the plurality of extending gate lines; and a plurality of second dummy lines formed by selectively patterning the same metal of the gate lines on areas separating the plurality of extending data lines, wherein the plurality of gate lines and data lines are formed in different layers on the first substrate, and wherein the plurality of first and second dummy lines are formed in different layers on the first substrate, wherein a portion of the plurality of first dummy lines overlaps with a portion of the plurality of second dummy lines at a corner of the dummy area.