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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Sono, Hiratsuka, JP;
Mamoru Miyawaki, Isehara, JP;
Akira Ishizaki, Atsugi, JP;
Katsuhisa Ogawa, Machida, JP;
Katsuhito Sakurai, Hadano, JP;
Shigetoshi Sugawa, Atsugi, JP;
Shigeki Kondo, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 87 ; 359 82 ; 359 59 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device has a pixel electrode substrate with a step defined by adjacent display and non-display areas. The display area has substantially the same height as a portion of the close periphery thereof. In the liquid crystal display device, the step is an electrically insulated dummy part which is not used as the display area. The dummy part has the same layer structure as the pixels in the display area.