Patent ID: 7714961

Claim:
A display panel comprising: a display region and a first peripheral region surrounding the display region; a first substrate including a gate line extending in a first direction; a data line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the gate line; a pixel portion formed in the display region and electrically connected to the gate and the data line and; and a gate driving part formed in the first peripheral region and electrically connected to the gate line; a second substrate facing the first substrate, the second substrate including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion which coincide with a first end portion and an opposite second end portion of the first substrate, respectively; and a light blocking layer formed on an area of the second substrate corresponding to the first peripheral region; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a seal line formed between the first substrate and the second substrate to confine the liquid crystal layer therebetween, the seal line being formed in an area outside an outer peripheral edge of the display region, the area outside the outer peripheral edge of the display region being closer to an outer peripheral edge of the light blocking layer than to the outer peripheral edge of the display region.