Patent ID: 7733016

Claim:
A electroluminescent panel comprising: a partial electroluminescent panel base having an electroluminescent layer; a layer of conductive areas next to the partial electroluminescent panel base; and, an activatable layer next to the layer of conductive areas, the activatable layer being different than the electroluminescent layer of the partial electroluminescent panel base, the activatable layer being different than the layer of conductive areas, wherein the electroluminescent panel is adapted to being customizable, after production of the electroluminescent panel, via the activatable layer being selectively activated, wherein the activatable layer comprises: one or more activated regions that are conductive due to their being activated, each activated region electrically connecting a number of the conductive areas together such that the number of the conductive areas are electrically isolated from one another but for the activated region electrically connecting the number of the conductive areas together; wherein the layer of conductive areas comprises: a plurality of electrically isolated conductive electrode regions, each electrode region uniquely corresponding to one of the activated regions of the activatable layer and encompassing the number of the conductive areas electrically connected together by the one of the activated regions, the electrically isolated conductive electrode regions lesser in number than the conductive areas, and wherein the conductive areas that are not electrically connected together by any of the activated regions of the activatable layer are electrically isolated from one another.