Patent ID: 8586171

Claim:
A display panel comprising: a first substrate that has a first display area and a first non-display area; a second substrate that has a second display area corresponding to the first display area of the first substrate and a second non-display area corresponding to the first non-display area thereof; and a sealant that is used to bond the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first display area of the first substrate includes: a plurality of data lines; a plurality of gate lines intersecting the data lines; and pixel electrodes formed at the intersections of the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines, wherein the sealant forms a boundary between the first display area and the first non-display area of the first substrate, and wherein a portion of the sealant is formed so as to intersect the gate lines and the data lines in the first display area and is also formed so as to overlap some of the pixel electrodes.