Patent ID: 8513038

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescent device including a substrate and organic electroluminescent elements which are placed on the substrate and which each include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer placed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method comprising: a step of forming a first organic compound layer, a first sacrificial layer, and an intermediate layer on the substrate provided with the first electrodes in that order; a step of selectively forming a masking layer on a predetermined region of the intermediate layer; a step of partly removing the intermediate layer, the first sacrificial layer, and the first organic compound layer from a region not covered by the masking layer; a step of forming a second organic compound layer and a second sacrificial layer over the remaining intermediate layer and the region from which the first organic compound layer is removed in that order; a step of removing the intermediate layer and the layers formed thereon in such a manner that the intermediate layer is contacted with a dissolving liquid and is dissolved therein; a step of removing the first and second sacrificial layers in such a manner that the first and second sacrificial layers are contacted with a dissolving liquid and are dissolved therein; and a step of forming the second electrode over the first and second organic compound layers remaining on the first electrodes.