Patent ID: 8721380

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a display panel including a pair of an upper substrate and a lower substrate being opposed to each other, a display material interposed therebetween, and a seal pattern which is made of seal material and formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate to connect the substrates such that the seal pattern surrounds a display region in which the seal material is not disposed and which is filled with the display material, the method comprising the steps of: forming the seal pattern with the seal material on the lower substrate or on the upper substrate, the seal pattern having a thickness from a surface of the substrate on which the seal pattern is formed; dispensing the display material on the surface of the lower substrate so as to create a display material puddle such that a height of the display material puddle is larger than the thickness of the seal pattern; placing the upper substrate over the lower substrate at a position such that the seal pattern and the display material are located between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, the position at which the upper substrate is in touch with the display material puddle, and the seal pattern is in touch with only one of the substrate; reducing pressure in the display region to discharge gas therefrom, while keeping the upper substrate at the position; making the upper substrate and the lower substrate at a position at which the seal pattern is in touch with both of the substrates to laminate the substrates while keeping the display region at reduced pressure; and curing the seal material of the seal pattern.